Texas Birth Certificate Fees & Processing Time
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Texas Birth Certificate
The state of Texas charges $22 to process a birth certificate application and provide your first copy. Any additional copy will cost $22. The rush service fee for Texas is $27. The standard processing time of a birth certificate in Texas is 5-6 weeks and 3-5 business weeks for rush orders. In-person applications have the option of paying the fee in cash or by credit/debit card. Mail-in applications must be paid by check or money order addressed to “DSHS - Vital Statistics”. You can find more information about the different health department fees on the Texas health department website.
For information about the application process and requirements to submit a request, please check our Texas state page.
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Texas birth certificate
Standard OrderState fees
$22Processing time
5 - 6 weeks*State fees might not be included.
Texas birth certificate
Rush OrderState fees
$27Processing time
3 - 5 weeks*Texas birth certificate
Additional copyState fees
$22Texas apostille certificate
ApostilleState fees
$15* Processing time may vary depending of the load and availability of the processing agency. The time displayed was gather from official website and from our own processing estimation of our past previous orders.
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