Officials with the Harris County Clerk's Office reopened 11 county annex buildings Aug. 10, and services such as marriage licenses, birth and death certificates, and Doing Business As filings are now being offered by appointment at those locations.
The buildings were shut down in March following the issuance of a "Stay Home-Work Safe" order in the county, and marriage licenses temporarily could not be obtained. Due to high demand, officials began offering marriage licenses in May at the downtown office, scheduling 14 appointments per day at the time.
The reopening of the annexes will allow the county to increase the appointments per day from 14 to 30 at the downtown office while also allowing 14 appointments per day at each of the 10 other annex buildings, according to a press release.
"Although County buildings have been closed to the public to comply with the 'Stay Home, Work Safe' policy, we have been given the green light to reopen our annexes to provide services to our valued clients—the residents and businesses of Harris County," Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins said in a statement. "We are diligently working to continue to offer critical services to our neighbors while ensuring the safety of our staff and the general public."
