The City Secretary’s Vital Statistics Office receives, records and issues birth and death certificates, amendments to birth and death certificates, name changes, court ordered adoptions and burial transit permits. This office also serves as a remote birth certificate printing location for the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certified birth certificates for any individual born in the State of Texas can be issued immediately upon request. We are able to issue Texas birth certificates in person, online, or by mail.
To order in person, you will need:
You do not need an appointment to come in person.
We accept cash, card (except AMEX), or Texas checks.
To order online:
Online requests are typically processed same-day if requested before 3:00 p.m.
To order by mail:
The person named on the vital record, his/her immediate family members, his/her guardian, his/her legal agent/representative or funeral home.
An immediate family member is defined as any of the following:
If your name is not on the record, please be prepared to show proof of relationship.
All other applicants must provide legal documentation (such as a court order establishing guardianship, an insurance policy listing the applicant as the beneficiary, etc.) that documents a direct, tangible interest in the birth or death certificate.
Mailing Address:
Texas Vital Statistics
Department of State Health Services
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040
Physical Address:
Texas Vital Statistics
Department of State Health Services
1100 W. 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Original (long form) – We offer original, long-form birth certificates for individuals born in Bryan after 1969 (due to a fire in 1969 we do not have original records prior to that year).
If you need the original, long-form birth certificate for someone born in Bryan before 1969 you may request this certificate from the Brazos County Clerk’s Office.
Abstract (short form) – We offer abstract (short-form) birth certificates for individuals born in Texas after 1939.
All birth certificates issued by our office are certified.
The abstract (short-form) birth certificate only contains the individual’s name, date of birth, county of birth, parent names, file date, issue date and state file number.
The original long-form birth certificate will contain detailed information regarding the birth place including hospital name, city of birth and additional parent information. It is advisable when applying for a passport that you obtain the long-form version of your certificate.
If you were born in Texas you may request your original (long-form) birth certificate directly from Texas Vital Statistics or from the City or County registrar of your place of birth.
If you were born outside of Texas, please contact the department of health in the state you were born in. We cannot provide an out-of-state birth certificate.
Our office is certified to complete Acknowledgements of Paternity. If you need this service please call our office at 979-209-5007 to set an appointment. For more in-depth paternity related cases or adoption cases, you may need to consult an attorney and/or Texas State Vital Statistics.
No. We can only provide a death certificate for individuals who passed away within Bryan city limits.
Please contact the office of the City/County where the death occurred or contact Texas Vital Statistics.
If the death occurred out of state, please contact the State Registrar where the death occurred.
If we cannot locate the death certificate, the first step is to contact the funeral home that handled the services – it may not be filed yet. If the funeral home indicates the record has been filed, contact Texas Vital Statistics to request the record.
Contact Us
Phone: 979-209-5008
Fax: 1-800-381-7636
Location
300 S. Texas Ave., Bryan, TX 77803
Hours
Monday-Friday:
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
City Council Meetings
Bryan City Council meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of each month.
