Register a Home Birth

The Vital Records office only registers births for the City of San Antonio and Bexar County. To get a birth certificate for a baby born without a medical professional, you and your baby must visit the Vital records office.

NOTE: If the baby was born in the EMS or on hospital property, the birth is not a home birth. The hospital must register the baby.

Required Information

All information and documents must be gathered within five days from the date you notified Vital Records:

• TxEVER Birth Worksheet
• Name of the child's current doctor
• Address of the child's current doctor
• Medicaid paperwork (if applicable)

Additional Documentation

Provide evidence of pregnancy.

• Provide prenatal visit documentation.
• Provide doctor visit summary.
• Or notarized statement from a licensed, registered, or certified health care provider who is qualified to determine pregnancy as part of the scope of his or her license, registration, or certification.

Provide evidence the child was born alive.

• Provide EMS report if EMS services were used. For EMS reports, contact the SAFD Records Management Division at 210-207-4974.
• Provide medical record or notarized affidavit from a physician or other health care provider who saw or examined the child.

Provide evidence the child was born in Bexar County or San Antonio Texas.

• Provide utility bill for the month the child was born in the name of the Mother for the address where the birth occurred.
• Provide mortgage or rental contact/ lease for the month the child was born in the name of the Mother for the address where the birth occurred.
• If the birth occurred outside of the Mother's primary place of residence, evidence needs to be a notarized affidavit along with a photocopy of ID from a person having knowledge of the Mother's presence in Bexar County or San Antonio on the date of the birth.

Provide evidence the child's birth occurred on the date stated.

• Provide Admitting paperwork on both Mother and child from hospital.
• Wellness check documentation for the child.

NOTE: Only one notarized statement is accepted as one of the four evidence sections listed above.