Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.115 · Subchapter C. INQUESTS BY MEDICAL EXAMINER
LIMITED AUTOPSY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If the medical examiner considers a complete autopsy to be unnecessary to determine a person's cause of death, the medical examiner may perform a limited autopsy by taking blood samples or other samples of body fluids, tissues, or organs, to determine the cause of death or whether a crime has been committed.
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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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