Tex. Health & Safety Code § 194.0011 · Chapter 194. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE RECORDS
MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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:
(1) require identification of the county in which the application is submitted; and
(2) allow, but may not require, the name of the county clerk to appear on the application.
(b) The vital statistics unit shall print and distribute the department forms to each county clerk throughout the state.
(c) The department form shall replace locally adopted forms.
(d) A county clerk may reproduce the department form locally.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 96, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0561, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 695 (H.B. 555), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.194.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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