{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-194.0011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 194.0011","heading":"MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the format and content of the department form used for the marriage license application. The form must:\n(1) require identification of the county in which the application is submitted; and\n(2) allow, but may not require, the name of the county clerk to appear on the application.\n(b) The vital statistics unit shall print and distribute the department forms to each county clerk throughout the state.\n(c) The department form shall replace locally adopted forms.\n(d) A county clerk may reproduce the department form locally.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 96, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0561, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 695 (H.B. 555), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 3. VITAL STATISTICS","CHAPTER 194. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.194.htm#194.0011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"70c024a63e49b8fcb7e71104c5c707744e5911a755478ed62e1fb1bd15c47458","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-194.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-194.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}