Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.059 · Subchapter B. INQUESTS BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
OFFENSE: HINDERING AN INQUEST.
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Text of article effective on April 01, 2027
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly hinders the entrance of a justice of the peace to a premises where a death occurred or a body was found.
(b) An offense under this article is a Class B misdemeanor.
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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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