Birth Or Death Certificate Application - Tarrant County Page 2
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A birth record is public information and available to the public on or after the 75
anniversary of the date of birth as
shown on the record filed with the bureau of vital statistics or local registration official.
Government Code 552.115 (a) (1).
Instructions to obtain a Texas BIRTH certificate
:
● Complete the section of the application labeled BIRTH.
1. Enter how many birth certificates will be purchased. Each certified copy is $23.00.
2. Enter the first name, middle name and last name of the person on the certificate.
3. Enter the date of birth and place of birth information.
4. Enter the Father’s first name, middle name and last name.
5. Enter the Mothers first name, middle name and maiden name (birth last name).
● Enter your relationship to the person on the record that is being requested.
● Enter a specific reason why the record is being obtained.
● Sign the request.
● Enter a mailing address.
● Enter a daytime phone number where you can be reached.
● You must show valid,
.
U.S.
government issued identification
A full reproduction of the original birth certificate will be issued if Tarrant County is the local registrar.
An abstract birth certificate will be issued if the birth occurred in another Texas county.
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A death record is public information and available to the public on and after the 25
anniversary of the date of death
as shown on the record filed with the bureau of vital statistics or local registration official.
Government Code 552.115 (a) (2).
Instructions to obtain a DEATH certificate:
● Complete the section of the application labeled DEATH.
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1. Enter how many death certificates will be purchased. The 1
certified copy is
$21.00. Additional copies of the same record are $4.00 each.
2. Enter the first name, middle name and last name of the person on the certificate.
3. Enter the date of death and place of death information.
4. Enter the Father’s first name, middle name and last name.
5. Enter the Mothers first name, middle name and maiden name (birth last name).
● Enter your relationship to the person on the record that is being requested.
● Enter a specific reason why the record is being obtained.
● Sign the request.
● Enter a mailing address.
● Enter a daytime phone number where you can be reached.
● You must show valid, U.S. government issued identification
.
Please Note:
The Tarrant County Vital Records office is not the local registrar for all Tarrant County birth and death records.
Please contact the applicable City Hall for a birth or death certificate if the event occurred within the city limits of
Arlington after 1971, Bedford after 1972, Benbrook after 1987, Grapevine after 1973, Keller after 1987 or
Mansfield after 1987.
Who can obtain certified copies of a birth or death certificate?
● The registrant or an immediate family member—Parents, children, spouses, siblings, legal guardian or
grandparents of the registrant.
TAC, Title 25, Rule 181.1 (13)
Note: A father may not obtain his child’s birth certificate if his name is not listed on the record unless a
certified copy of a court order that names him as the father can be provided .
●If you are not an immediate family member—you must provide a certified copy of legal
documentation that states the requestor’s direct and tangible interest in the record.
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