Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 192.004
Information Obtained by Local Registrar

(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 (Birth Certificate Filed or Birth Reported)(c); or

(2)

a person who files a certificate under Section 192.003 (Birth Certificate Filed or Birth Reported)(a) or 192.003 (Birth Certificate Filed or Birth Reported)(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.
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.

Source: Section 192.004 — Information Obtained by Local Registrar, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­192.­htm#192.­004 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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