Tex. Health & Safety Code § 191.00491 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On request of an individual described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without payment of a fee, a certified copy of the individual's birth record to:
(1) a victim of dating violence as defined by Section 71.0021, Family Code;
(2) a victim of family violence as defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or
(3) a child of a victim described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (S.B. 798), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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