Kerr Co
Early Births
Kerr Co Early Marriages
Vital Records - Local Source
Write
to the Kerr County Courthouse,
700 Main St.,
Kerrville,
TX
78028
- addressing it to the appropriate County
Office. With your request, you must include the correct money
charged for the service you require (check or money order).
Also include a copy of your driver's license or other official photo
ID with this request.
The "County
Clerk"
has birth and death records from 1903
and has marriage, probate, land, and Civil Court
records from 1856
Call (830) 792-2255 for further information
The
"District Clerk" has divorce records. Call (830)
792-2281 for further information
Unless you can prove a relationship, there is a 75-year silence period on birth
records
and you must wait 25 years before acquiring a Death Certificate unless you
are closely related.
Ordering Vital
Records from the State of
Texas
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs
Send your request to
Texas
Vital Records
Department of State Health Services
P.
O. Box 12040
Austin
TX 78711-2040
(Street address is: 1100 W. 49th St.)
Include
as much information as possible: Name, date of birth, date of death,
spouse’s name, parents’ names, county of residence, your relation to the
person, the reason you want the record…..all of this
information is needed to find the correct record and send it to you. Send
a copy of your government-issued photo ID with your
request.
The price
for obtaining a Death Certificate is $20. If a search is done
and nothing is found, the Dept of Vital Records Office will keep the fee for performing the search. The price for obtaining a Birth
Certificate is $22. Again, you must provide as much information as
possible in order to obtain the record you want. Unless you
are closely related,
you will not be able to get a Birth Certificate until 75
years after the date of birth.
You must wait 25 years to obtain a
Death Certificate unless closely related.
From the Texas Dept of Health Website:
"Who can request certified copies? Copies of birth and death certificates are confidential under Texas Law for
75 years for birth certificates and 25 years for death certificates from the
date of the event. If the death was less than 25 years ago or the birth was less
than 75 years ago, the certified copies can only be obtained by qualified
applicants.
"A qualified applicant is defined as the
registrant, or immediate family member either by blood or marriage, his or her
guardian, or his or her legal representative.
"If you are not qualified to receive
a certified copy of the birth or death certificate, you may request a
verification."
For more information visit: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs
Birth
and Death Indexes at the
Texas
State