Tex. Health & Safety Code § 194.003 · Chapter 194. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE RECORDS
STATE INDEX.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The vital statistics unit shall maintain a statewide alphabetical index, under the names of both parties, of each marriage license application or declaration of informal marriage. The statewide index does not replace the indexes required in each county.
(b) The vital statistics unit shall maintain a statewide alphabetical index, under the names of both parties, of each report of divorce or annulment of marriage.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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. 3.0563, eff. April 2, 2015.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 621b76da115f0d32d3184b5a32ddf9bc3b49174f8b1599762e9ac0c5e1e7e7b8
- Composed by
- 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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