Order Your San Antonio, Texas (TX) Birth Certificate Online

Applying for a San Antonio, Texas birth certificate online is easy and straightforward. Follow our personalized instructions to obtain a TX birth certificate replacement and fill out the simple application form in under 10 minutes.

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Once your San Antonio birth certificate application has been filled, you will receive an official government-issued copy of your vital record at home.

In San Antonio —as well as the rest of Texas— records of life events are confidential records kept under governmental authorities to which eligible citizens have restricted access. All vital records, including birth, death and marriage certificates, are maintained at both the county and state level.

A certified copy of a San Antonio birth certificate may be obtained from different locations, including:

• The Bexar County Clerk’s Office - Vital Statistics Department in San Antonio, for all births that took place in the rural part of Bexar County before 1967 as well as all births that occurred in Wilford Hall Military Medical Center (formerly Lackland AF Hospital) before 1967
• The San Antonio Office of the City Clerk, for Bexar County birth records from 1897 and death records from 1873
• Designated branches of the San Antonio Public Library can issue birth certificates for births occurring in San Antonio from 2005 to present (Mondays and Wednesdays 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm):
  • Great Northwest Library, 9050 Wellwood, San Antonio, Texas
  • Las Palmas Library, 515 Castroville Rd., San Antonio, Texas
  • Mission Library, 3134 Roosevelt Ave., San Antonio, Texas
  • Thousand Oaks Library, 4618 Thousand Oaks Dr., San Antonio, Texas

Birth records that are not held by the Bexar County Clerk in Texas may be ordered from the Office of the City Clerk’s Office – Vital Records Division, which is the local registrar. Some of these records include:

• Hospital births and home births that occurred within the city limits
• Birth records from 1873

As of May 7, 2025, U.S. citizens and residents must have a REAL ID-compliant driving license or ID card to enter federal facilities and board commercial aircraft. Requirements to obtain a REAL ID may include proof of identity, such as a certified copy of the birth certificate.

San Antonio Birth Certificate Required Information and Identification Documents

To get a certified copy of a San Antonio, Texas birth certificate, you will need to complete the online birth certificate application with the following personal details:

• Gender
• Date of birth
• Why do you need the certificate
• Full name (as it would appear on the certificate)
• Mother’s name or parent’s name prior to first marriage
• Father’s name or parent’s name prior to first marriage

Citizens applying for a certified copy of a San Antonio, Texas (TX) birth certificate are required to prove their identity.

Proof of identity can be submitted by producing one of the following acceptable identification documents, alongside the San Antonio birth certificate application form:

• US passport
• US citizen ID card
• US Driver's license
• Federal or state ID card

Citizens of San Antonio, Texas (TX) that do not have any of the aforementioned credentials at hand or on file, may have other options available to prove their identity.

Please note that according to Texas Public Information Act Section 552.115 (a)(1), births that occurred in San Antonio —or the rest of Texas— within the past 75 years are considered protected records. This means that only specific individuals can apply for certified copies of a birth certificate.

Who can request a certified copy of a birth certificate in San Antonio, Texas?

During the restricted access period of 75 years past the filing date of a birth record, certified copies of a birth certificate can only be issued to qualified applicants, which include the following individuals:

• The registrant —the person whose birth was recorded on the birth certificate
• Member of the registrant’s immediate family either by blood or marriage —the registrant’s parents, children, spouse, siblings, or grandparents
• The registrant’s guardian
• The registrant’s legal representative or agent

Please note that original documents to prove identity, relationship, representation or legal interest _must _be produced alongside the application to qualify for a certified birth certificate to be issued in San Antonio, Texas (no photocopies nor photographs are accepted).

Both the San Antonio birth certificate application and notarized proof of identification must be submitted along with a copy of acceptable identification in order for the vital record to be issued in San Antonio, Texas. Applications without a valid form of an identification document and the notarized sworn statement can not be processed.

San Antonio, Texas Birth Certificate Apostille

Citizens born in San Antonio, TX —or the rest of Texas— who need to use their birth certificate outside the United States territory will have to obtain a San Antonio birth certificate with an apostille to give the document legal validity abroad.

This can be done by following these simple steps:

1. Order a certified copy of the San Antonio, Texas Birth Certificate
2. When applying, state "Apostille" as the reason for your birth certificate order
3. Upon receiving the certified copy of the San Antonio, TX birth certificate, mail the complete document to the Texas Secretary of State's office with the required apostille fee for authentication. Please note that certified copies submitted must have been issued within the past 5 years

Texas Authentications Unit street address:

Secretary of State
Authentications Unit
1019 Brazos
Austin, TX 78701
Walk-In Service: Room 106

Texas Authentications unit PO BOX:

Secretary of State
Authentications Unit
PO Box 13550
Austin, TX 78711-3550

San Antonio, Texas Birth Certificate Processing Times

San Antonio birth certificate applications will be processed once the request is submitted alongside the entirety of the documents required, as detailed above.

Birth certificate orders placed in San Antonio, Texas are usually filled within 6 to 8 weeks.

Citizens in urgent need of a certified copy of a birth certificate in San Antonio may print out their completed birth certificate application package, sign and present it in person with the required documents and fee using the walk-in services during opening hours.

Although obtaining a San Antonio, Texas birth certificate in person usually requires waiting in line for hours at the bureau of vital statistics, this may result in same-day delivery when the document is found on record at the same office —make sure you are presenting your request at the office where the birth record was filed.