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Use this page to find public records as well as local information from local county and city sources. Find information such a birth certificates, death certificates, marriage and divorce decrees, adoption records, property ownership, and property tax values.
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Certificate Information
The Texas Department of State Health Services handles birth and death records. Certified copies can be processed and issued in aproximately 15 business days for a fee of $22 dollars. Extra fees apply for additional services such as expedited service or heirloom certificates.
Birth and death records are considered protected records for the first 75 years which requires identification and legal right to access. Afterwards they are considered open archives and available to the public. Childrens records are only available to legal guardians or parents.
• Certified Copy of a Birth Certificate
• Certified Copy of a Death Certificate
• Verification of a Birth Certificate
Marriage licenses records are available from 1966 to present and obtained from the county clerk's office. Divorce decrees are available for those filed from 1968 to present from the district clerk's office. Each verification is also available from the Texas Vital Statistics Office for a processing fee of $20.
Adoption Records
The Central Adoption Registry is a voluntary database that keeps records on adoptees, adoptive parents, biological siblings and biological parents. The database allows people to search for their ancestry and family by contacting the Department of State Health Services and avoiding the court system.
Department of State Health
P.O. Box 149347
Phone: 888-963-7111 ext. 6279
• Central Adoption Registry
• Application Form
• Application Instructions
Property Records
Property tax values, owner information, building specifications, title history and sales history are maintained on a county level. Each county has multiple appraiser districts which a local official is responsible for assigning fair value. Listed are a few of the larger county parcel applications to view public property records and sales history in order of county population.
• Harris County Appraisal District
• Dallas Central Appraisal District
• Tarrant Appraisal District
• Harris County Appraisal District
• Bexar Appraisal District
• Travis Central Appraisal District
• El Paso Central Appraisal District
• Collin Central Appraisal District
• Hidalgo County Appraisal District
• Fort Bend Central Appraisal District
• Montgomery Central Appraisal District
• Williamson Central Appraisal District
• Nueces County Appraisal District
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