{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-192.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 192.010","heading":"CHANGE OF NAME.","body":"(a) Subject to department rules, an adult whose name is changed by court order, or the legal representative of any person whose name is changed by court order, may request that the state registrar attach an amendment showing the change to the person's original birth record.\n(b) The state registrar shall require proof of the change of name that the executive commissioner by rule may prescribe.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 59, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0552, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 3. VITAL STATISTICS","CHAPTER 192. BIRTH RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL REGISTRATION PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.192.htm#192.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9d8c5385865102ea5daf9abe91444b4be0e5b890b81f92a3d8e8c51780baa28b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-192.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-192.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}