Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.12 · Subchapter A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

LIABILITY OF PERSON PERFORMING AUTOPSY OR TEST.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Text of article effective until April 01, 2027

A person who performs an autopsy or makes a test on a body on the order of a justice of the peace in the good faith belief that the order is valid is not liable for damages if the order is invalid.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2027.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.49.htm
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