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Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 191.009 — USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS

HS § 191.009Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS · Ch. 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

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(a)In this section, "diacritical mark" means a mark used in Latin script to change the sound of the letter to which it is added or used to distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears. The term includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas.
(b)The state registrar shall ensure that a vital statistics record issued under this title properly records any diacritical mark used in a person's name.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 1823), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Texas Health and Safety Code § 191.009 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.