Wichita County to offer birth, death certificate access online
Wichita County residents and others will soon be able to get birth and death certificates with less hassle.
The county will install a new software that will make it easier for people to access their vital records.
"Right now if you want a death or birth record and you don't live here you have to call over the phone and we make a note and go through the process of sending an application, scanning a driver's license to make sure it's you, so it's a long process," County Clerk Annette Stanley said.
When it's installed, the new software will allow people to order vital records online.
"There's no cost to the county. People pay a fee to get the record," Stanley said.
She said the fee will be $5 per transaction.
People who want to get a death record will have to enter identification and answer questions to prove their relationship to the deceased person.
People can also get their own birth certificates through the program.
The county has birth records for people born here in 1950 or earlier or for people born at home. Hospital birth records from 1950 forward are at the Wichita Falls City-County Health District and are available online through the city, Stanley said.
Stanley did not know a date for when the service would be available, but said it should be soon.
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Wichita County to offer birth, death certificates online
