{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.051","heading":"CERTIFIED COPIES.","body":"(a) Subject to department rules controlling the accessibility of vital records, the state registrar shall supply to a properly qualified applicant, on request, a certified copy of a record, or part of a record, of a birth, death, or fetal death registered under this title.\n(b) A certified copy issued under this subsection may be issued only in the form approved by the department.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0542, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 3. VITAL STATISTICS","CHAPTER 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER C. COPIES OF RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.191.htm#191.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"00a718b86d70f1bbe53e4bf57c57d81715b8ea5a0cf0f72d3b430b56196ac08b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.036","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}