Tex. Health & Safety Code § 192.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL REGISTRATION PROVISIONS
INFORMATION OBTAINED BY LOCAL REGISTRAR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The local registrar shall obtain the information necessary to prepare the birth certificate from the person reporting a birth or from another person with the required knowledge if:
(1) the birth is reported under Section 192.003(c); or
(2) a person who files a certificate under Section 192.003(a) or 192.003(b) cannot by diligent inquiry obtain an item of information required for the certificate.
(b) A person from whom a local registrar requests necessary information shall answer correctly to the best of the person's knowledge. On request of the local registrar, a person who makes a statement under this section shall verify the statement by signing it.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.192.htm
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