Clinical Health Services
409-832-4000

VITAL STATISTICS
409-654-3631

Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Birth and death certificates are issued the same day if you are in by 4 p.m. Applications are taken until 5 p.m. and mailed the next business day.
Application form for Birth and Death Certificates

Vital Statistics is the registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation, and preservation of data pertaining to births, acknowledgements of paternity, deaths, fetal deaths (stillbirths), and related data. We issue certified death certificates on individuals that died in the city of Beaumont and Precincts I and VI.

Fees
Certified Birth Certificate:                                    $23
Certified death certificate - first copy:                   $21
Certified death certificate – each additional copy:  $4
Notary Affidavit:                                                  $6 / $1 each additional signature

There is a $25 customer service charge on all returned checks. Accepted payments are: cash, personal check, cashier’s check, credit/debit card, or money order with proper identification. Make checks payable to: Beaumont Public Health Department. Personal checks must contain pre-printed name and address. Two-party checks, checks greater than the amount of purchase, and out-of-state checks will not be accepted.

All AMENDMENTS to birth certificates are processed through the State office in Austin and payable to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Forms available at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/

Confidentiality
Birth Records
Birth records are confidential records for the first 75 years after filing and death records are confidential for the first 25 years. These records may only be issued to a properly qualified applicant upon submission of a written application that fully identifies the records.

Adoption Records
Adoption records are confidential forever and may only be opened upon order of the court which granted the adoption. These records are opened at the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.

Acknowledgment of Paternity Records
Paternity records are confidential. A certified copy may only be obtained through the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Call the Vital Statistics office for more information.

Qualified Applicants
A qualified applicant is the registrant, or an immediate family member (parent, grandparent, or sibling) either by blood or marriage, his or her guardian, or his or her legal agent or representative. Local, state, and federal law enforcement or governmental agencies and other persons may be designated as properly qualified applicants by demonstrating a direct and tangible interest in the record when the information in the record is necessary to implement a statutory provision or to protect a personal legal property right. This is demonstrated by written proof.