Need Copies?

What’s Required

We require payment and a request for copies before we can send them to you.  All payments should be in cash, check or money order. At this time, our office is not equipped to take payment by credit card.

We have a form you may use when requesting copies on our forms page. Due to identity theft issues, if you are requesting copies of a document that has sensitive personal information (such as dates of birth or death, Social Security Numbers, etc.) then we require your name, relationship to the person on the record and your reason for obtaining a copy of the record as well as a copy of your driver’s license for proof of identification.



Birth & Death

If you need copies of birth or death certificates, you should fill out the application on the forms page and send it to us along with payment and a photocopy of your ID for identification.  Our address is on the application.

The release of copies of birth and death certificates is restricted by law.  Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page regarding who can get a copy of these records.

The fee for a copy of a birth certificate is $23.00 per copy.  The fee for a copy of a death certificate is $21.00 for the first copy and $4.00 for each additional copy.



All Other Copies

The fee for copies (except for birth and death certificates) is $1.00 per page.  If you need a certified copy, just add $5.00 (per document) to the cost of the copies.

The fee for copies of Civil, Probate and Criminal cases is $1.00 per page. If you need a certified copy, just add $5.00 (per case, not per document) to the cost of the copies.

** We now have many records available online.  If the record you need is available online, you may view and print your own copies here.

You may visit the State of Texas Vital Statistics web site to obtain birth, death, and verification of marriage online at this address:
http://www.texasonline.state.tx.us/tolapp/ovra/