Texas Death Records
Texas Death Records Search
The Vital Statistics Division of the Texas Department of State Health Services is responsible for maintaining the official record of all deaths that occur in the state of Texas. The Office of Vital Statistics maintains death records of 1903-present. You can make a request for and obtain Texas Death records if you’re related to the deceased or have a financial interest in the record. When it comes to providing certified death records to individuals, the only people that the Office of Vital Statistics considers as relatives are immediate family members.
According to Texas law, immediate family members include:
- The deceased?s child
- A parent of the deceased
- Brother/sister of the deceased
- Spouse of the deceased
- A grandparent of the deceased
In case you don’t fall in any of the aforementioned categories, you need to provide legal documentation such as a court order that established your relationship with the deceased. Another way for a non-immediate family member to obtain a person’s Texas death record is providing the Texas Department of State Health Services a notarized statement signed by an immediate family member of the deceased. It is important for you to keep in mind that you can obtain only the Texas Death Records of 1903-present from the Vital Statistics Division of the Texas Department of State Health Services. For pre-1903 death records, contact the National Center for Health Statistics.
Death Records are not public records so you’ll need to provide the Vital Statistics Division a copy of your Valid Photo ID to prove that you’re an eligible applicant. There are three ways for you to request for and obtain Texas Death Records: in person, by mail and online. Following is how you can obtain the death record you want via each method.
How To Obtain Certified Texas Death Records
To make an in person request for the death record you need, visit the local Texas Vital Statistics Division office, provide the required information and a copy of your valid Photo ID, and pay the $20 death record fee.
How To Obtain Texas Death Records Via Mail
A convenient way to request for the Texas death record you need is by mail. To make a mail request, complete and send the Mail Application for Death Verification letter along with the pay order or check for the fee to:
Texas Department of State Health Services
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040
How To View Texas Death Records Online
The easiest way to obtain the Texas death record that you need is online. You can make an online request for the death record you need by visiting the website of the Texas Department of State Health Services. If you choose to make an online request the death record you need, you can pay the fee for the record through your debit or credit card.
Another way to obtain Texas Death Records is through online public databases. You can find out more about the death records in Texas by calling at 512-776-7111.
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Texas death records are publicly available which means anyone can run a Texas death record search. There are many online public record websites, like SearchQuarry.com, where you can lookup vital records anonymouslyHow can I get a copy of my mother's Texas death certificate?
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Last Updated: 2017-05-04
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I am trying to find out if my cousin, Dana McKinney is still alive or not. She is mentally disabled and the last I knew, she was in a group home in Abilene, TX. Her Dad’s name was Wilton and her mother”s name was Nadine. Dana was born on July 17, 1946
Our Texas death record database does not show any death records for Dana McKinney with the age you mentioned but some of the dates are missing on these death records. That being said, did she have a middle name we can cross-reference? Another option to finding out if your cousin has passed away is to contact the Texas Department of State Health Services, you can visit their website and verify a Texas death record online. This process takes a few weeks to receive a verification letter by mail. You might consider calling the TDSHS and inquiring if you just need to know and not a Texas death verification letter.
Verify a Texas Death Record By Phone
To verify a Texas Death Record by phone call the Texas Department of State Health Services @ 1-800-735-2989
Hello, I would like to verify if there is, recently, about 3 months ago; a death record for Marcelis Gant or Marcelis Jermon Manning; without the the picture, please, if possible. I am his birth Mother, and I would like a copy of it, if so. Thank 🎉 😊 🙏 you, God is good, now.
I am trying to find out if my sister-in-law has died. She lived in San Antonio. Her son, my nephew, died in Oct and we can’t locate her to tell her. I sent her a letter but it came back as undeliverable. Her name is Deloris Jean Gibbs. She would be in her 80s. We always kept in touch but haven’t heard from her past year and don’t know if she passed or is living in a nursing home. I can’t find obituaries or any information online. The phone number I have for her says no longer in service.
We don’t show any death records for Deloris in our Texas vital records database. A good option for you to find out if Deloris Gibbs has passed away is to contact the Texas Department of Health Services. They are the state agency that collects, manages and archives Texas vital records. These vital records include death records, birth records and marriage records. Below is their contact information for your convenience.
Texas Department of Health Services Phone Number
1-888-963-7111
Trying to verify details surrounding my cousin’s death in TX. All we are being told is that “no one knows what happened” but that he was ran over. There are no media reports and we haven’t been able to obtain an accident report. Is there a way to verify the cause of death without requesting the certificate? Something doesn’t add up about this story.
Your best bet to locate the cause of death of an individual in Texas is to contact the Texas Department of State Health Services. Unfortunately we won’t have that type of information in our Texas death record database. Below is the phone number to the Texas Death Records Registrar where you might be able to find out more about your cause of death inquiry.
Texas Death Records Registrar Phone Number
512-776-7111
Trying to get year and location of my fathers death. His name is Alvis Gene Maness.
We don’t show any information about Alvis Gene Maness in our Texas death records database. You can also contact the Texas Department of State Health Services as they manage the death records in the state of Texas.
How to Verify Someone’s Death in Texas
1. Visit the Texas Department of State Health Services online
2. Go to the Vital Records Verification page
3. Request a copy of a Texas Death Certificate
4. Provide photo ID and pay the fee
5. Processing time takes 10-15 days
You can also visit the Texas Department of State Health Services in person. See their address and hours below.
Texas Department of State Health Services Address
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: 1-888-963-7111
My baby sister died 2 days after her birth. She was born in Dallas Texas. Our home address there was on Martel Street. Her name was Jill Katz. She was born in 1947 at Florence Nightingale Hospital. My mother’s name was Edna Marie Katz, my fathers’s name was William Israel.
I’d like to know her date of birth, her middle name and where she is buried. Thank you
Susan, unfortunately we could not locate your baby sister’s death record. You can also contact the Texas Department of Health to inquire about her death record information. As far as the burial location you can try using the Find-A-Grave website to see if they have this information on record. Other than those options, you can also try researching genealogy records through a family history website, such as Find-My-Past
My mother just found out that my dad had passed a way from the Social Security office. about benfits to see if she could get.Now they said no because work for Calf.I need to get a cope of his death record.No one want to help me .He has three sons. We need to find out what happend
My husband Simmian d brice born and deceased in fort worth, tx dob: 2/21/1981 dod:3/19/21 time: 12:50p.m I have been unable to locate any form of medical examiners report or record online thru tarrant county me website for him or any other form of information related to his death.
Jennifer, we do not have any information about your husband. You can also try contacting the Texas Department of Health to make your inquiry. Their number is 512-776-7111. You can obtain a copy of your deceased husband’s Texas death certificate through this government agency.
I need certified copies of a death certificate due to being the beneficiary to a life insurance policy. The family members refuse to give me one. How one obtain one? Do I have to get an attorney?
Adeana, if you cannot obtain a certified Texas death certificate from the family member’s or the Texas Department of Health it would seem prudent to contact a lawyer for legal advise with your beneficiary questions
Hi I\’m reaching out I was in a fatal motorcycle accident in or near Harris county in Texas near Houston Texas I currently live in Brazos county Texas a friend whom was driving the Harley Davidson on freeway/highway I can\’t remember a whole lot I was told his death we hit something from road construction and we crashed I was airlifted and hospitalized for over a month
He was originally from Franklin Texas
Ronnie Thompson
Ronnie ray Jr Thompson
He was recently incarcerated in Brazos county detention center in Bryan
Or if you look up on Google men who\’s had stolen motorcycle in 2018/ 2019
My name is
Robbine Christine carpenter 7/4/1990
Robbine, we do show there are multiple Texas death record listings for a Ronnie Thompson however our records do not show the cause of death. You will want to contact the Texas Department of Health to inquire about what might be on his TX death certificate, including the cause of death. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance
My son GEORGE David Nincehelser died August 1,2020. Haven’t seen death certificate,or heard anything about it
Cynthia, we don’t have any information on your son’s death unfortunately. You can contact the Texas Department of State Health Services and order a copy of your son’s death certificate online and have it mailed to you. If you are just looking for a Texas death record verification you can call the Health Services Department directly @ 888-963-7111
I am looking to get a death certificate of my aunt Luz Esther Yebra who passed on Aug 11, 2010 in San Antonio,tx. she was born Nov. 30, 1928.
Magdalena, you will want to reach out to the Texas Department of State Health Services to obtain a copy of a TX death certificate. You can visit their website and order a copy online, by mail or in person depending on office hours from the Covid19 restrictions. Our Texas death record resources are for reference only and official copies of death certificates should be obtained by the state, where the death was recorded. Please reach out if we can be of any additional assistance.
Looking for death record for Tenamas Wilson. She was my father\’s first wife. She died at a young age, 20 or 30. We think they had a son together. Father\’s name was Welbern WILSON in Brazos County.
Mary Ann, we ran a Texas death record search for a Tenamas Wilson and did not find any records for this person. Is there a possibility this person could have died in another state?
Trying to find where an ancestor is buried. I found his death record in the Texas Death Index, however his last name is misspelled.
J B Newburn DOD April 21, 1943 Cherokee County.
His full name is Jefferson Bliss Mewborn DOB Jan 9, 1873.
I have searched Ancestry, Newspapers, etc and cannot find him. Thank you.
Deana, unfortunately this is older than the Texas death records we have in our database resources. That being said, you can use the service FindAGrave.com and try and find out where this person’s burial plot it located
I need to know if my fiancee\’s wife is truly dead. I have some questions I feel he isn\’t giving me correct information about.
Theresa, we are happy to run a Texas death record search for you if you provide us with their full name and date of birth if you know this
I have been trying to find info on my spouses mother. She was a baby when she died and knows very little. Her name was Linda Ann Bryant possibly Bryant Robertson. She died at Baylor hospital 01-05-1992 her dob 10-01-1953. Anything helps Thank you
Samantha, in order to find out detailed information, or obtain a copy of a death certificate for immediate family, you can contact the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. They are the Texas state agency in charge of vital records such as death records, birth records and marriage records. Their phone number is 432-683-9492
I heard my cousin passed away April of 2019 and was cremated so I couldn’t find an obit in the Galveston Daily News
I just wan to know the exact date
Benjamin Franklin Beasley he Was born November 22, 1949
My name is Vivian Richard
Thank you
Vivian, we don’t have an exact date of your cousin’s death record unfortunately. You can contact the Texas Department of State Health Services and request a death verification. You can visit their website or call them @ 888-963-7111
My Mother Delone Tafoya passed away on September 2, 2018 and I have not received a death certificate yet. I don’t know how long it takes and why does it take so long? I was told by the funeral home that she choked on a grape and had Alzheimer’s. I am her daughter.
Lorrie, Texas death certificates can sometimes take a while before being sent out depending on a multitude of factors however, since this Texas death record was from more than a year ago, you might want to reach out to the Texas Department of State Health Services. You can visit the dshs.texas.gov website here or call them @ 432-683-9492 to request a copy of your mother’s Texas death certificate
I am trying to find record of my uncles death. I don\’t even know where he is buried or creamated.The woman he married would not tell his family anything. His name is Donald lee Wilson lived at 1441 arvel cir azle texas. He was born June 2 1932. I think the year was 2013
Carla, we don’t have a record of your uncle’s death unfortunately. Since you are family you can reach out to the Texas Department of Public Health and request a copy of your Uncle’s death record or a death verification. You can visit their website @ dshs.texas.gov or call them @ 888-963-7111.
I was told my dad died his name is Jerry wayne lee his birthday is December 20 1953 I dont live in the same state as him can u confirm this
Tonya, we don’t show any record of your father’s death in our Texas vital records database. Sometimes these records are delayed when becoming publicly available. You might want to reach out to the Texas Department of Health and verify this information. They manage all the Texas death records, birth records and marriage records. Their phone number is 1-800-735-2989
I am trying to find out cause of death for my lifelong friend Kennon Byron Beard dob 11/15/68, died 7/22/18. I was very very much closer to him than his sister, his only surviving relative, whom hated him and I. I talked to him and the next day he was found dead. I just want to know what happened, we were like brothers.
Charles, our Texas death record resources won’t have the cause of death but a death certificate from the Texas Department of State Health Services will. Typically it’s only the immediate family that can obtain a copy of a death certificate so you might want to call them up to see if they’ll give you the cause of death of your friend. The Texas DSHS phone number is 1-800-735-2989
I\’m trying to see if there any death records for Bryant A Johnson in Houston Texas d.o.b. 04.30.1983.
Our Texas records indicate there is a Texas Class C Misdemeanor from another law enforcement agency. We don’t show the exact criminal charges associated with this Class C Violation. Typically these violations mean there is only a fee and usually no jail time. It’s often the case that Class C Misdemeanors in Texas are associate with traffic citations.
Trying to find death record of husbands grandmother sometimes between 1902-1904 . Her name is Mary Ann (Mollie or Pollie Fleming) Langley. Her parents were Elam and Nancy Fleming from Georgia. Husband was Daniel Boone Langley. Lived in Dallas or Kaufman Co.. Also trying to find birth record of my husband father, Howard Langley born in
Dallas on Mar. 4th 1904, On Ancestry.com Military record shows Mar. 4th 1902.
Unfortunately these are much older Texas death record than we have in our database. Our records typically only go back around 50 years. You might consider contacting the Texas state archives, the Texas Department of Health or Genealogy websites to dig up these old Kentucky public records.
My elderly friend just passed away. I have power of attorney as of September 2018 until 2020. Can I get a death certificate even though I’m not related?
You might be able to obtain a copy of your friend’s Texas death certificate since you have power of attorney. You can reach out to the Texas Department of State Health Services and inquire with them. They are the Texas state agency in charge of archiving and indexing Texas public vital records which include TX death records, TX marriage records and TX birth records.
I am trying to ascertain if the following person died in Texas.
Her name is Juanita Shaughnessy and may have died in 2018.
We don’t show any recent Texas death records with that first and last name. We do show TX death records for a person with this name from 2012 but that’s not the person you’re referring to.
That being said, you can also reach out to the Texas Department of State Health Services as they are the managing state agency for vital records, which include death records.
Attempting to find out if my lifelong friends mother has passed away. Her family will not respond to any of her inquiries. There is bad blood in the family but my friend has the right to know if her mother has passed away.
Amy information of obituaries, burial location, & cause of death would be greatly appreciated.
If you can provide us with the full name of the person in question we can perform a Texas death record search for you. Another option is to contact the Texas Department of State Health Services as they are the managing state agency that archives and indexes death records in Texas.
Need to know if Kyle Gordon Tompkins passed away was told he did need to know when and where.
We do not show any death records for Kyle Gordon Tompkins in our Texas death record database. You might also want to check with the Texas Department of Health State Services, Vital Records Department. They are the managing state agency that records and archives all deaths in the state of Texas.
I am helping a friend research her family history. She knows she was adopted at birth, and has her adoption papers. Both her biological parents are deceased. What does she need to provide to get copies of their birth, marriage, and death certificates. (she is in her 30s, dad died in 2005, mom in 2017) thanks.
If your friend contacts the Texas Department of Health Services she can obtain official copies Texas Birth Records, Death Records and Marriage Records. She will just need to show identification and fill out the relevant request forms.
Trying to find out the height and weight of my former brother – in – law, Darrell Wayne Mulford, who died April 2,2001, in Irving, Texas. This is to help prove the innocence of his son, my nephew, Gregory Wayne Mulford.
Unfortunately we don’t have this information in our Texas death record database. A good option to obtain this Texas death record information is to contact the Texas Department of State and Health Services as they are the managing agency that archives Texas death records.
trying to find gravesite of my Aunt Josephine Suarez who passed away 01/27/1995 in San Antonio, Texas.
thank You Sandra Jankowski
We do not have the death records for Josephine Suarez in our death records database. You can also check with the Texas Department of Health and Vital Records as they manage the state’s death records.
All I want to know is if my friend has passed away- without calling her parents just straight out asking them. She has been sick with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease for quite a while and it has been a while since I have checked on her. I just want to know if she is still alive that’s all. I have been online for over 2 hours trying to get an answer to this question…her name is Deborah Whitworth (maiden name) and her parents are George & Marilyn Whitworth, who still live in Austin,Texas. Debbie would be 61 if she is still alive but I have no idea. Please help me.
We do not show any death records for the person you mentioned. You might also want to check with the Texas Department of Health as they manage all the vital records for Texas.