Please click on the appropriate section to find out more specific information about how to acquire copies of Texas birth certificates, Texas death records, Texas marriage licenses, and Texas divorce decrees. Please note that rules and regulations for obtaining vital records may differ by state and by type of record requested.
For example, getting California birth certificates may have different rules than acquiring New York birth certificates and Texas death records may be different than Texas divorce decrees. Please click on the appropriate state and records area for the guidelines, contact information, and procedures, and links, for obtaining the vital record you are searching for.
Requests for certified copies of a marriage license should be directed to the County Clerk's Office in which the event occurred. Requests for certified copies of a Divorce Decree should be directed to the Disrict Clerk's office in which the event occurred.