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Texas Birth Certificate

  • Same day service available.
  • Phone and email support.
  • We obtain birth certificates for every Texas county and city.
  • Official raised seal certified Texas birth certificates.

Texas Death Certificate

  • Same day service available.
  • Phone and email support.
  • We obtain death certificates for every Texas county and city.
  • Official raised seal certified Texas death certificates.

Texas Marriage
Verification Letter

  • Same day service available.
  • Phone and email support.
  • We obtain marriage verification letters for every Texas county and city.

Texas Divorce
Verification Letter

  • Same day service available.
  • Phone and email support.
  • We obtain divorce verification letters for every Texas county and city.

Texas Birth
Verification Letter

  • Same day service available.
  • Phone and email support.
  • We obtain birth verification letters for every Texas county and city.

Texas Death
Verification Letter

  • Same day service available.
  • Phone and email support.
  • We obtain death verification letters for every Texas county and city.

Birth Certificate Texas

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Customer Service

Birth Certificate Texas is available by phone and email to hold your hand and help you navigate through the extremely frustrating (a few cuss words will be probably be muttered by you) and turtle slow moving Texas government records bureaucracy waters.

Speed of Service

Birth Certificate Texas provides people and companies the fastest possible expedited research status and Texas Vital Statistics walk in document obtainment and replacement turnaround times in the country.

If we receive from you by email a signed and notarized one-page authorization letter, a valid (non-expired) photocopy of an approved U.S government identification, and our one-page PDF order form completed by midnight Monday through Thursday.

We will rush expedite file your Texas birth or death records application and obtain for you the same day your official raised seal certified Texas birth certificate, Texas death certificate, or Texas marriage, divorce, birth, or death verification letter documents from the Texas Vital Statistics office and mail it back to you the same day.

To recap by hiring Birth Certificate Texas (certified vital records super heroes for hire) you’ll never have to fly, drive, or park anywhere, you’ll never have to pray for the sweet release of death while you wait in some dreadful government office line for up to four hours.

No kidding.

The waiting in line times can be up to four hours long at the Texas Vital Records office and that’s what we do for you we “take the pain” so you don’t have to. You don’t even have to mail anything to us or anyone else.

Birth Certificate Texas prides itself on always trying to under promise and over deliver so at no additional cost to you we’ll also email you a photocopy of your newly issued certified Texas birth certificate or Texas death certificate before we mail it back to you.


Worldwide Service

Birth Certificate Texas can same business day retrieve official Texas Vital Statistics documents and express request a birth records or death records search for you on any type of Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics government issued document no matter what county or city that you currently live in Texas, the United States, or the world.

This includes:

  • An official raised seal certified copy of a long form (this is the full sized birth certificate version that you must order and have to be able to renew or apply to get a United States passport or travel abroad), short form (also called abstract or standard size), or heirloom decorative version Texas birth certificate. (1903-present)
  • An official raised seal state certified copy of a Texas death certificate. (Last 25 years only)
  • Official certified Texas birth verification letters. (1903-present)
  • Official certified Texas death verification letters. (1903-present)
  • Official certified Texas marriage verification letters. (1966-present)
  • Official certified Texas divorce verification letters. (1968-present)

If you live in Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Abilene, Amarillo, Odessa, Midland, Houston, Arlington, Plano, Irving, Beaumont, Brownsville, Grand Prairie, Lubbock, Garland, McAllen, Mesquite, Round Rock, Allen, San Angelo, Tyler, Sugarland, The Woodlands, Pearland, Richardson, Carrollton, Lewisville, College Station, Wichita Falls, League City, Denton, Waco, Killeen, Pasadena, McKinney, or Frisco you don’t have to take off work and waste an entire day of your busy life to fly, drive, or take a choo-choo train to Austin.


Personalized Service

You get to choose where in the world you want us to mail your Texas Vital Records documents back to.

You get to choose what shipping courier (FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS) near me that you want to use when we mail your vital records back to you.

You get to choose how fast you want your document records shipped back to you via overnight delivery, two or three day express or ground shipping, or regular mail.

You get to choose if you want to pay us with a major credit card, debit card, or PayPal.

No one size fits all cookie cutter options with Birth Certificate Texas.

Side note: If you don’t order from us (that will make us really clown sad) at least heed our warning and never send a business in this industry cash, a money order or a cashier’s check. The reason being is websites that ask you to send them cash or certified funds are usually fraudulent scam artists or at best unprofessional terribly reviewed companies.


Expert Document Filing Service

Unlike every national rush document records retrieval and Texas Vital Statistics courier companies that advertise online that they can acquire state vital records documents for anyone in all fifty U.S states.

Our highly experienced state background checked staff only obtain and file in person vital record birth certificate and death certificate applications for the State of Texas (no other states) in Austin, TX. Austin is where Birth Certificate Texas is based and it’s where the lone Texas Vital Statistics office is located at.

Please note companies like Vital Check, Fast Birth Certificates, and almost all other companies in this industry don’t actually expedite anything for you. They simply fill out and mail in your Texas vital records application form to the state for you (something you can do yourself) or even more crazy they fill out the Texas birth certificate application form for you with the information you provide them.

Then they mail the completed application back to you so you have to mail the application form into Texas Vital Records yourself. After all of that it will still take Texas Vital Records the standard three to twelve months or longer to research, process, issue, and mail your Texas birth or death records back to you.

Be smart, not cheap and hire Birth Certificate Texas the fastest of the fast and bestest of the best expedited Texas Vital Records processing experts today.

We pinky swear promise that you won’t be sorry that you did.

Texas Birth Certificate


Birth Certificate Texas provides 24 hour expedited Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics records research and rush document retrieval services for companies and people worldwide in Austin, TX for any of the below recordable State of Texas documents for any of the 254 counties in Texas…


    Certified copy of a Texas birth certificate (long form, short form, or heirloom - bassinet or flag designs)


    Certified copy of a Texas death certificate.


    Texas birth record verification letters.


    Texas death record verification letters.


    Texas marriage verification letters (not Texas marriage licenses those can only be obtained in the Texas county of where you were married at).


    Texas divorce verification letters (not Texas divorce decrees those can only be obtained in the Texas county of where you were divorced at).



The Fastest Way To Online Order


Texas Birth Certificate

Certified Copies or


Texas Birth Verification Letters




Step 1: Download and Notarize Authorization Form

Download, fill out, print out, and get this one-page Texas birth certificate authorization form PDF notarized. Once the form has been properly signed and notarized scan it and email it back to us. You can use a public notary in any of the fifty U.S states to notarize this required form but you cannot use a foreign country (non-USA) notary.



Step 2: Scan and Email Us a Government ID Photocopy

Scan and email us a valid (can’t be expired) clear photocopy of your U.S driver’s license, U.S passport, U.S state identification card, U.S military ID card or U.S permanent resident card. Your ID photocopy needs to be the front side only (top and bottom for passports) and the scanned photocopy can be in color or B/W. If you don’t have a scanner simply download this free JotNot app to your Android or Apple smartphone device. Use it to take a photo of your ID and the app will turn the photo into a PDF that you can email us.



Step 3: Download Birth Certificate Order Form

Download, fill out, and email us back our one-page expedited Texas birth certificate replacement order form PDF. We need to know what type of Texas birth certificate you want ordered (long form, short form, or heirloom) and how many official certified raised seal birth certificate copies that you want to order. Most people order two to three of them at a time.



Step 4: Purchase Online a Prepaid Return Shipping Label

Visit www.FedEx.com, www.UPS.com, www.USPS.com, or www.DHL.com to create and purchase a prepaid return shipping label.

Download it (the label that’s created will be in PDF format) and then email the PDF shipping label to us so we can print it out and use it to mail all your documents back to you.


Once Birth Certificate Texas receives all four of the above required items from you via email we’ll reply back to you to confirm receipt of them. You’ll then receive one of two emails from us. You’ll receive one specific email if any issues arise such as no Texas records were found in the official Texas Vital Records database search or a possible application mistake was made by you.

Or you’ll receive a congratulatory email saying that we’ve successfully retrieved an official raised seal certified copy of your Texas birth certificate from the Texas Vital Statistics office and we’ve dropped it off at the courier (FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL) that you chose to ship with.

We’ll also email you a photo of your new Texas birth certificate certified copy before we mail it back to you as instant verification proof to put your mind at ease.


The Fastest Way To Online Order


Texas Death Certificate

Certified Copies or


Texas Death Verification Letters




Step 1: Download and Notarize Authorization Form

Download, fill out, print out, and get this one-page Texas death certificate authorization form PDF notarized. Once the form has been properly signed and notarized scan it and email it back to us. You can use a public notary in any of the fifty U.S states to notarize this required form but you cannot use a foreign country (non-USA) notary.



Step 2: Scan and Email Us a Government ID Photocopy

Scan and email us a valid (can’t be expired) clear photocopy of your U.S driver’s license, U.S passport, U.S state identification card, U.S military ID card or U.S permanent resident card. Your ID photocopy needs to be the front side only (top and bottom for passports) and the scanned photocopy can be in color or B/W. If you don’t have a scanner simply download this free JotNot app to your Android or Apple smartphone device. Use it to take a photo of your ID and the app will turn the photo into a PDF that you can email us.



Step 3: Download Death Certificate Order Form

Download, fill out, and email us back our one-page expedited Texas death certificate replacement order form PDF. We need to know what type of Texas birth certificate you want ordered (long form, short form, or heirloom) and how many official certified raised seal birth certificate copies that you want to order. Most people order two to three of them at a time.



Step 4: Purchase Online a Prepaid Return Shipping Label

Visit www.FedEx.com, www.UPS.com, www.USPS.com, or www.DHL.com to create and purchase a prepaid return shipping label.

Download it (the label you create will be in a PDF format) and then email the PDF shipping label to us so we can print it out and use it to mail all your documents back to you.


Once Birth Certificate Texas receives all four of the above required items from you via email we’ll reply back to you to confirm receipt of them. You’ll then receive one of two emails from us. You’ll receive one specific email if any issues arise such as no Texas records were found in the official Texas Vital Records database search or a possible application mistake was made by you.

Or you’ll receive a congratulatory email saying that we’ve successfully retrieved an official raised seal certified copy of your Texas death certificate from the Texas Vital Statistics office and we’ve dropped it off at the courier (FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL) that you chose to ship with.

We’ll also email you a photo of your new Texas death certificate certified copy before we mail it back to you as instant verification proof to put your mind at ease.


The Fastest Way To Online Order a


Texas Marriage or

Divorce Verification Letters




Step 1: Download and Notarize Authorization Form

Download, fill out, print out, and get this one-page Texas marriage or divorce verification letter authorization form PDF notarized. Once the form has been properly signed and notarized scan it and email it back to us. You can use a public notary in any of the fifty U.S states to notarize this required form but you cannot use a foreign country (non-USA) notary.



Step 2: Scan and Email Us a Government ID Photocopy

Scan and email us a valid (can’t be expired) clear photocopy of your U.S driver’s license, U.S passport, U.S state identification card, U.S military ID card or U.S permanent resident card. Your ID photocopy needs to be the front side only (top and bottom for passports) and the scanned photocopy can be in color or B/W. If you don’t have a scanner simply download this free JotNot app to your Android or Apple smartphone device. Use it to take a photo of your ID and the app will turn the photo into a PDF that you can email us.



Step 3: Download Marriage/Divorce Verification Letter Order Form

Download, fill out, and email us back our one-page expedited Texas marriage or divorce verification letter order form PDF.



Step 4: Purchase Online a Prepaid Return Shipping Label

Visit www.FedEx.com, www.UPS.com, www.USPS.com, or www.DHL.com to create and purchase a prepaid return shipping label.

Download it (the label that’s created will be in PDF format) and then email the PDF shipping label to us so we can print it out and use it to mail all your documents back to you.


Once Birth Certificate Texas receives all four of the above required items from you via email we’ll reply back to you to confirm receipt of them. You’ll then receive one of two emails from us. You’ll receive one specific email if any issues arise such as no Texas records were found in the official Texas Vital Records database search or a possible application mistake was made by you.

Or you’ll receive a congratulatory email saying that we’ve successfully retrieved an official Texas marriage or divorce verification letter from the Texas Vital Statistics office and we’ve dropped it off at the courier (FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL) that you chose to ship with.

We’ll also email you a photo of your new Texas marriage or divorce verification letter before we mail it back to you as instant verification proof to put your mind at ease.


If you don’t have Adobe Reader (allows you to open and fill out PDF’s) installed on your desktop or laptop computer you can download it here for free.

If you don’t have Adobe Reader (allows you to open and fill out PDF’s) installed on your Android or Apple smartphone or tablet you can download it here for free.

Order Birth Certificate Texas



*Please add $40 to the price above when you order specialty Texas heirloom birth certificates.
**For additional Texas death certificates the cost is $50 after the first copy if ordered at the same time.
***For additional Texas birth certificates the cost is $75 after the first copy if ordered at the same time.



Acceptable Forms of Identification



From the State of Texas Vital Statistics main website these are the only acceptable forms of identification (see detailed list below) that you can scan and email us that we can physically present to the Texas Department of State Health Services office to be able to do research and obtain an official raised seal Texas birth certificate certified copy on your behalf.

Identification is required to establish proof of identity of the person that is requesting a protected Texas vital record search. Acceptable identification must contain the applicant's full legal name and photograph.

You must provide to the State of Texas one of the following:

  1. One item from Group A
  2. Two items from Group B, or
  3. One item from Group B and two items from Group C.

Group A: Primary Identification

All identification items must be current and valid (they cannot be expired) and contain the applicant's name and photograph that establishes the applicant's identity.

Must Provide One:

  1. United States issued driver’s license (any U.S state)
  2. Federal or state identification card (any U.S state)
  3. United States passport
  4. U.S military uniformed services identification card
  5. U.S concealed handgun license identification card (any U.S state)
  6. U.S pilot's license identification card (any U.S state)
  7. Federal, state or city law enforcement employment identification card, or employment badge accompanied by employment identification card
  8. Offender identification card issued by the Department of Criminal Justice correctional facility or institution
  9. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued:
    1. Employment Authorization Document (EAD)
    2. Permanent Resident Card - front and back (green card)
    3. Travel Documents
    4. Re-entry permit
    5. Refugee travel permit
    6. Advance parole
    7. SENTRI card
    8. U.S. citizen identification card
  10. United States Department of State issued:
    1. Border crossing card (B1 for business or pleasure or B2 medical purposes)
    2. or Visa

Group B: Secondary Identification

Must provide two items of different types may be used to establish proof of identity. These forms combined must confirm the applicant's name, signature, or identifiable photo of the applicant.

Must Provide Two:

  1. Any primary identification that is expired.
  2. Current student identification
  3. Signed social security card, or numident
  4. DD Form 214 Certificate of Release
  5. Medicaid or Medicare card
  6. Veterans Affairs card
  7. Medical insurance card
  8. Foreign passport accompanied by a Visa issued by the United States Department of State.
  9. Foreign passport in accordance with the United States Department of State, Visa Waiver Program.
  10. Certified birth certificate from the Department of State (FS-240, DS-1350 or FS-545)
  11. Private company employment identification card.
  12. Form I-94 accompanied by the applicant's Visa or Passport.
  13. Mexican voter registration card.
  14. Foreign Identification with identifiable photo of applicant
    • MatrÍcula Consular is not accepted as any form of identification

Group C: Supporting Identification

Items of different types may be used to establish proof of identity. Two of these forms combined with one from Group B must confirm the applicant's name, signature, or identifiable photo of the applicant.

Must Provide Two Combined with One from Group B:

  1. Expired secondary identification from Group B
  2. Recent utility bill with current address
  3. Recent paycheck stub
  4. Public assistance applications or letters
  5. Signed valid voter's registration card
  6. Police report of stolen identification
  7. Official school transcript
  8. Bank account statement
  9. Social security letter
  10. Marriage license
  11. Divorce decree
  12. Certified birth certificate from Department of State (FS-240, DS-1350, or FS-545), or from another state other than Texas or other country
  13. Automobile insurance card
  14. Lease agreement
  15. Loan or installment payment contract
  16. Promissory notes or loan contracts
  17. Court order
  18. Property titles or liens
  19. Automobile titles
  20. Library card
  21. Fishing or hunting license
  22. Recent medical records or bills
  23. Auto registration
  24. Religious records with signature of religious official
  25. Recent rent receipt with address and name
  26. Recent cell phone bill or contract
  27. Federal, state, or local tax records
  28. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notices or correspondence.


Birth Certificate Texas • 13359 US-183 Ste 406-588, Austin, TX 78750
512-399-6433 • support@birthcertificatetexas.org
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-7pm
*Sorry you cannot travel to us and we don't take walk-ins.

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