Texas Health and Safety Code 191.009 – Use of Diacritical Marks
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(a) In this section, “diacritical mark” means a mark used in Latin script to change the sound of the letter to which it is added or used to distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears. The term includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas.
(b) The state registrar shall ensure that a vital statistics record issued under this title properly records any diacritical mark used in a person‘s name.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 191.009
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005