Tex. Health & Safety Code § 191.0031 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CERTIFIED COPIES BY MAIL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The state registrar or a local registrar may not issue a certified copy of a record under this chapter to a person who has applied for the record by mail unless the person has provided notarized proof of identity in accordance with rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. The rules may require the issuer of the certified copy to verify the notarization using the records of the secretary of state under Section 406.012, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 5.01, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.191.htm
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