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Policy of the Parmer County justices of the peace under Health and Safety Code section 716.004: a crematory or funeral establishment asks in writing the justice of the peace conducting the inquest to waive the 48-hour waiting period for cremation (the request may not conflict with Code of Criminal Procedure chapter 49 or Title 8 of the Health and Safety Code, and the remains must be identified), contacting the justice at the precinct office during business hours or, after hours, by cell phone or through the Sheriff's Office on-call judge; the justice then explains how the request will be processed.
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Parmer County Policy Regarding Cremation Time Waiver In Compliance of the Texas Health and Safety Code Section 716.004 WAITING PERIOD FOR CREMATION. A crematory establishment may not cremate human remains within 48-hours of the time of death indicated on a death certificate unless the waiting period is waived in writing. The crematory establishment or funeral establishment shall put in writing the request to the Justice of the Peace of Parmer County, Texas who is conducting an inquest on human remains of a person who has died in Parmer County the waiver of the mandatory 48-hours waiting period for review. The written request shall not be in violation of chapter 49 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure or Title 8 of the Texas Health and Safety Code and it has been established the human remains have been identified. The crematory or funeral establishment shall in person, by telephone or electronically contact the Justice of the Peace who is conducting their inquest at their precinct office during their regular business hours. If a request is made outside of the regular business hours, on a weekend or holiday the funeral or crematory establishment may contact the Justice of the Peace on their cell phone if it is known to them or contact the Parmer County Sheriff’s Office and request the on-call Judge. Upon notification of a request is being made to waive the 48-hours period the Justice of the Peace shall make contact with the funeral or crematory establishment to inform them of procedures to process the request as quickly as possible. ENTERED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024 [signature] JP1 Rhonda Wilkins, Justice of the Peace, Pct 1 [signature] Deena Lucero, Justice of the Peace, Pct 2 [signature] Pamela Haseloff, Justice of the Peace, Pct 3
Parmer County Policy Regarding Cremation Time Waiver In Compliance of the Texas Health and Safety Code Section 716.004 WAITING PERIOD FOR CREMATION. A crematory establishment may not cremate human remains within 48-hours of the time of death indicated on a death certificate unless the waiting period is waived in writing. The crematory establishment or funeral establishment shall put in writing t
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-25 (AJR-9 Ninth Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody ajr9 corpus sources/documents/e5b84c9d9e0a33bb-parmer-county-policy-regarding-cremation-time-waiver.pdf (5,094,085 bytes, sha256 e5b84c9d9e0a33bbed0512bf8094cab4c6e6f919d96f5b6dc7515de14f90f531; 1 page(s)) - the document the Parmer County website posts (https://parmercounty.texas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Parmer-County-policy-regarding-cremation-time-waiver.pdf), not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-25: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned file (no machine text relied on) and read a second time against the page images - for long documents word by word against an independent machine OCR of the same scan, every disagreement and every handwritten entry resolved on the image; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Signed: Rhonda Wilkins (Pct 1), Deena Lucero (Pct 2) and Pamela Haseloff (Pct 3), Justices of the Peace, September 18, 2024. AJR-7 precedent: the Gaines County JP 1 procedures for the 48-hour cremation waiver are published likewise.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.