Local Registrars

Local Registrar and County Clerks

The Local Registrar is responsible for birth, death and fetal death registration in his or her registration district. The Local Registrar shall secure a complete record of each birth, death, and fetal record.

• The justice of the peace is the local registrar of births and deaths in a justice of the peace precinct.  However, the duty of registering births and deaths may be transferred to the county clerk if the justice of the peace and the county clerk agree in writing and the agreement is ratified by the commissioner’s court. [HSC§191.022(a)]
• The municipal clerk or secretary is the local registrar of births and deaths in a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more. [HSC§191.022(e)]