Search For Texas Death Records

By Ben Kingsley


The Texas Vital Statistics Office of the Department of State Health Services is the office in-charge of storing public records, including Texas Death Records. Death documents since 1903 can be found at the office. They are also stored at the county registrar's office where they were originally documented. Deaths that were documented before 1903 can be found only at the registrar's office.

Death records become part of public records 25 years after they are created. Once they become part of public records, they become available to the public upon request. Any person may request for the records but will need a notarized statement from someone who has authorization over them. Death records that are less than 25 years of age are only available to the immediate family of the deceased and those that specified by the court. Deaths may not have a record yet if they occurred 90 days prior to a record request.

A request form can be obtained from the Vital Statistics office or downloaded from their website. There is a charge of $22, payable through check money order, or cash for every request and there is no money-back guarantee for documents that are not found. The documents may be received on the same day or a few days depending on its availability. A person may also choose to mail their requests for a charge of $20 each and the return period takes around 6 to 8 weeks. The process can be done faster but there are additional charges involved.

Important fields that need to be filled-out on the request form include the name of the deceased, date and place of death, date they were born, etc. It is easier to locate the files if you can provide more details regarding the files. In cases where the year is not known, include a range of years to be searched.

In this modern day and age, public documents can now be obtained from online search tools. The court allows certain search tools to supply such documents to the public upon request. There are two kinds of search tools: free search tools and search tools that render fees. If you browse the Internet, there are several search tools you can find. More often than not, you will find one that will fit your search. Make sure that you perform a history check on various search tools to find out how credible they are.

Since death records became available online, more people began to access them. Doing a Death Search is now more convenient because it can be done virtually anywhere as long as there is a computer and an Internet connection. A search can be initiated by providing even just the full name of the deceased and results are displayed on the computer screen in just a matter of seconds.




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