Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 193.007 — DELAYED REGISTRATION OF DEATH
HS § 193.007Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS · Ch. 193. DEATH RECORDS
Statute text
View on source(a)A death that occurred more than 10 days but less than one year before the date of an application for registration of death may be recorded on a death certificate and submitted for filing with the local registrar of the registration district in which the death occurred.
(b)To file a record of a death that occurred in this state but was not registered within one year of the date of death, a person shall submit a record of the death to the county probate court in the county in which the death occurred.
(c)The department shall furnish a form for filing records under this section. Records submitted under this section must be on the form furnished by the department. The state registrar may accept a certificate that is verified as provided by this section.
(d)The certificate must be supported by the affidavit of:
(1)the physician last in attendance on the decedent or the funeral director who buried the body; or
(2)if the affidavit of the physician or funeral director cannot be obtained:
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0559, eff. April 2, 2015.