Vital Records Fee Schedule

Vital Records Fee Schedule

Accepted forms of payment include: 

  • Business check
  • Cash
  • Cashier check
  • Credit card
  • Money order
  • Personal check
Marriage License FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
License (without authorized premarital education certificate)$821,2,3,5Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(7)
License (with authorized premarital education certificate)$221,2,3,5Texas LGC Section 118.018(b-1)
Declaration of Informal Marriage$471,2,3,5Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(8)
Duplicate marriage license$34Texas LGC Section 118.011(c)


Marriage License CopiesTotal CostLegal Reference
Certified copy of marriage license$163,4Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3)
Plus per page or part of a page$1Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3)
Non certified copy of marriage license$13Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(4)
Plus per page or part of a page$1Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(4)
Record verification/search conducted by clerk (includes certification)$16Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3) and TAC Section 181.22(h)


Birth Certificate FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
Search and Copy of birth certificate$233,4,6Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Section 181.22(a) and (c)
Additional copies of birth certificate$23 each3,4,6TAC Section 181.22(a) and (c)
Birth verification/search conducted by clerk (includes certification)$17Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3) and TAC Section 181.22(g)


Death Certificate FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
Search and first copy of death certificate per request$213,4TAC Section 181.22(b)
Additional copies requested at time of initial request$4 each3TAC Section 181.22(b)
Death verification/search conducted by clerk (includes certification)$17Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3) and TAC Section 181.22(g)


  1. Fee includes a $10 Records Management and Preservation Fee (Texas LGC Section 118.011(b)(2)).
  2. Fee includes a $1 Courthouse Security Fee (Texas LGC Section 291.008(d)).
  3. Fee includes a $1 Vital Statistics Records Preservation Fee (Texas Health and Safety Code Section 191.0045(h))
  4. Fee includes a $10 Texas Online Fee (TAC Section 181.22(s)).
  5. Fee includes a $10 Records Archive Fee (Texas LGC Section 118.011(f)).
  6. Fee includes a $2 Surcharge Fee (Texas Health and Safety Code Section 191.0045(e)).