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Audit finds hundreds of unrecorded birth and death records; county to consult state and district judges
Summary
A county audit of records from 1932–2021 found 71 birth records and 806 death records that were not recorded with the county clerk; staff said those cases will require delayed‑recording procedures and, under statute, judicial approval, and the court acknowledged the audit and directed follow up.
An audit of records from Benito Bo Ochoa’s Justice of the Peace office in Precinct 1 found a large number of records that were never recorded in the county system, county staff told the Cameron County Commissioners Court on Dec. 2.
Sylvia, speaking for the clerk’s office, told commissioners the audit covered records from 1932 through 2021 and identified 1,437 birth records and 679 death records; of those, 1,366 birth records and 873 death records…
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