Sec. 191.034. NOTATION OF DEATH ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE

(a) On receipt of the death certificate of a person younger than 55 years of age whose birth is registered in this state, the state registrar shall make a conspicuous notation on the decedent's birth certificate that the person is dead.

(b) The state registrar shall provide computer-generated abstracts, transcripts, or copies of the death certificate to the county clerk of the county in which the decedent was born and to the local registrar of the registration district in which the decedent was born. On receipt of the notification of death, the county clerk or local registrar shall make a conspicuous notation on the decedent's birth certificate that the person is dead.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.