Vital Statistics

City Clerk Vital Statistics Birth and Death Certificates

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City Registrar	The City Registrar has the task of recording and maintaining all the birth and death records that occur within the City of Paris. Each year approximately 1,400-birth and death records are filed, and approximately 5,000 certified copies are produced by the City Registrar’s office.
Texas Law	Birth records are private and confidential and have been under Texas Law for fifty years. Death records are private and confidential and have been for twenty-five years and can only be obtained by qualified applicants.
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. 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 information in the record is necessary to implement a statutory provision or to protect a personal legal property right. A properly qualified applicant may also be any person who has submitted an application for a request to release personal information and has been approved as outlined in the Health and Safety Code, Section 181.11, relating to Requests for Personal Data.
Obtaining a Certificate	Birth and death records have been available since 1916. Certified copies of a birth or death record can be obtained by coming to the office of the City Clerk-City Registrar, 150 1^st Street S. E., Monday - Friday, between 8:00 A. M. and 5:00 P. M., or write to: The City Registrar, P. O. Box 9037 Paris, Texas 75461-9037
Verification Requests	If you do not meet the definition of a qualified applicant or you simply need to verify that a birth or death has occurred, you may request a Verification of Birth or Death.
Fees	All fees include a search and certified copy of certificate. The fees are nonrefundable, even if record is not found. Certificate of Birth or verification $23.00 Certificate of Death or verification $21.00 Each additional certified copy of the same death record is $ 4.00 Birth certificates can be issued from anywhere in Texas at a City Registrar's office via Remote Access to the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Required Information	Name of the birth or death record being requested Date of birth or death and place of birth or death. Father’s full name (last, first, middle). Mother’s full name, including her maiden name. Purpose for obtaining the certificate. Relationship to the person whose certificate is being requested. Daytime telephone number with area code. Handwritten signature and complete return mailing address. Photocopy of your picture ID, such as driver’s licenses.