Tex. Health and Safety Code § 193.003
TIME AND PLACE FOR FILING DEATH CERTIFICATE
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 193.003, TIME AND PLACE FOR FILING DEATH CERTIFICATE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/669057
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(a) Not later than the 10th day after the date of a death that occurs in this state, a death certificate shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which:
(1) the death occurs; or
(2) the body is found, if the place of death is not known.
(b) Subject to department rules, a certificate of a fetal death that occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which:
(1) the fetal death occurs; or
(2) the body is found, if the place of fetal death is not known.