1. (a) In complying with the Texas Family Code, §108.003, the court that renders a decree of adoption shall send to the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics a certified report of adoption on Form VS-160. The clerk shall send the form not later than the 10th day of the first month after the month in which the court renders the adoption decree. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

   1. (1) the name of the adopted child after adoption;
   2. (2) the birth date of the adopted child;
   3. (3) the docket number of the adoption suit;
   4. (4) the identity of the court rendering the adoption;
   5. (5) the date of the adoption order;
   6. (6) the name and address of each parent, guardian, managing conservator or other person whose consent to adoption was required or waived under the Texas Family Code, Chapter 159, or whose parental rights were terminated in the adoption suit;
   7. (7) the identity of the licensed child placing agency, if any, through which the adopted child was placed for adoption; and
   8. (8) the identity, address, and telephone number of the voluntary adoption registry though which the adopted child may register as an adult adoptee in addition to registering with the central registry.
2. (b) When the clerk of the court collects the $15 fee required by the Texas Family Code, §108.006(b), the clerk shall send the fee by check or money order to the Texas Department of Health-Bureau of Vital Statistics, P.O. Box 12040, Austin, Texas 78711-2040.

Source Note:The provisions of this §181.31 adopted to be effective March 4, 1999, 24 TexReg 1618.