Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.051 · Subchapter B. INQUESTS BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This subchapter applies to the inquest into a person's death that occurs in a county that:
(1) does not have an office of medical examiner; and
(2) is not part of a medical examiner's district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2027.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.49A.htm
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Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.051. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.055ALTERNATE OFFICIALS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT INQUESTS; OFFENSE.Printed as Article 49A.051
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.153COUNTY SERVED BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: INVESTIGATION AND REPORT OF DEATH OCCURRING WHILE CONFINED OR IN PEACE OFFICER CUSTODY.Printed as Article 49A.051
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