Texas § HS.191.051 - CERTIFIED COPIES
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§ HS.191.051. CERTIFIED COPIES
CERTIFIED COPIES. (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. (b) A certified copy issued under this subsection may be issued only in the form approved by the department. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0542, eff. April 2, 2015.
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