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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 191.00491

BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (S.B. 798), Sec. 1, eff

On request of an individual described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without payment of a fee, a certified copy of the individual's birth record to:

(1) a victim of dating violence as defined by Section 71.0021, Family Code;

(2) a victim of family violence as defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or

(3) a child of a victim described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.