- (a) The court that renders a decree of adoption shall send to the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics a certificate of adoption on Form VS-160. The clerk of the court 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 certificate shall include, the information as prescribed in Texas Family Code, §108.003.
- (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; amended to be effective July 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 4904.