San Antonio deaths are usually the city clerk

Bexar County and the City of San Antonio are not the same counter. The Bexar County Clerk's birth-and-death page says births or deaths that took place in a hospital during the period it describes are available through the Office of the City Clerk of San Antonio. For a typical recent death in the city, start with sa.gov, not the county basement.

City of San Antonio

• Office of the City Clerk, Vital Records. Phone listed on the county page: 210-207-7253. Order page: sa.gov death certificate.
• First copy $21. Additional copies of the same record in the same transaction $4. Online orders add a processing fee. This desk takes no cut.
• Qualified requestors include parent, grandparent, spouse, child, sibling, legal guardian, or attorney, with proof of relationship or legal interest.
• Bring valid ID from the Texas DSHS acceptable-identification list.

When the county is the right desk

The county clerk lists a narrower set: some at-home deaths in rural Bexar County in older years, and it points hospital deaths to the city. If you are not sure, read bexar.org/2952/Birth-and-Death-Certificates before you write a money order. Texas DSHS remains the statewide mail option with cheap extra copies.

Confirm the $21 / $4 city fees on sa.gov before you pay. The county page did not list a current death-copy dollar amount this check. Do not guess the county fee.