Texas Death Records

The death of a person who is close to us is the last thing we would like to hear about. With this, the government has mandated to have such incidents to be recorded and opened to the public for whatever purpose they need it for. In Texas, the office of the Department of Health Service manages the Texas Death Records.

Public Death Records in Texas are used in a number of reasons. It is one of the important documents required when processing legal matters like insurance claim and transfer of title. The death certificate is one of the documents needed when the spouse left has a plan to remarry. In general, it is used when doing a genealogy research.

Death certificate is the most common form of a death record. It mainly contains information about the death of the deceased individual such as the place and date when the person died and the cause of death. It also contains the personal information of the deceased such as the complete name, birth date and place. One can also find the name of the immediate relatives of the person on the death certificate. One can also find information about the interment of the deceased as well the funeral details on the certificate.

The state of Texas only allows the immediate family members of the deceased to gain access to the death certificate. A valid ID will be asked when requesting for the file. Examples of ID's accepted by the office are driver's license, military or student ID. A $20 fee is charged to the requesting individual for the first copy of the record. Additional copies would cost $3 each. The requesting individual will be asked to provide their personal information as well as the information of the name on the record in order to hasten the process of the retrieval of the document. When the file is requested straight from the office of the Department of Health Services, it would only take at least 30 minutes to two hours to get the record.

The request can also be done via mail order. However, additional charges have to be paid especially when you choose your preferred courier. The additional charges depend on which courier you opt to go for. Death certificates can be obtained after 10-15 days since the order has been sent.

The fastest and most convenient method of filing the request is by doing it over the Internet. Using the Internet for the retrieval of the record is the one preferred by many. The request can be done anywhere as long as there is Internet access. Death records can be obtained with just a few clicks within seconds. One can also choose from a free search or a paid search.