Health Information Services/Medical Records

To Request Copies of Birth or Death Certificates

Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services does not keep birth or death certificates. To request certified copies of birth and death records for births and deaths in Houston, in Harris County,  inside and outside of Texas from:

• Houston Department of Health and Human Services
  Bureau of Vital Statistics
  8000 North Stadium Drive
  Houston, TX 77054
  Phone:  (713) 794-9070
  http://www.houstontx.gov/health/BirthCert/index.html

To request certified copies of birth and/or death records from outside Houston/Harris County, please contact

• Texas Vital Statistics
  Texas Department of State Health Services;
  P.O. Box 12040
  Austin, Texas  78711-2040
  1-888-963-7111; 
  http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/reqproc/birth_death_general.shtm

 [Note: Birth & Death certificates, marriage, and divorce certification letters can be ordered through TexasOnline, the official government web site for the State of Texas.]