The Office of Vital Records (OVR) registers and maintains births, deaths and fetal deaths that occur within the full purpose city limits of Austin. Get a birth or death certificate

The Vital Statistics Section (VSS) maintains vital records for the state of Texas, including, birth and death certificates, marriage applications, and divorce records.

The City of Austin's Office of Vital Records registers births and deaths that occur within the city limits of Austin. Here is everything you need to get a birth or death certificate in Austin.

Request vital records you need online, including birth certificates, death certificates, marriage and divorce verification letters, and more.

We are pleased to announce that the following recording services are now available at our Civil Family Courthouse office, located at 1700 Guadalupe St., 4th Floor, Ste. 4.300, Austin, TX 78701. Services are offered Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

For birth and death records within Austin City limits, contact the City of Austin’s Vital Records Office. For birth and death records that are not in Austin or Travis County but within Texas contact: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/default.shtm.

Individuals can get death certificates in Texas online, by mail, or in person at the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) - Vital Statistics Section office. The first copy of the death certificate costs $20, and additional copies cost $3 each when ordered from the DSHS.

Name index to Texas statewide death certificates for 4 million people who died since between 1964 and 1998.

Index and images of Texas statewide death certificates--including delayed certificates, foreign deaths, and probate obituaries--from the Texas Department of State Health Services in Austin.

This database contains death certificates from the Texas Department of State Health Services, for the years 1903–1982. Some related documents—such as reports of death, amendments to …