Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.251 · Subchapter F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN ALL COUNTIES
WAITING PERIOD BEFORE CREMATION; OFFENSE.
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Text of article effective on April 01, 2027
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The body of a deceased person may not be cremated within 48 hours after the time of death as indicated on the death certificate, unless:
(1) the death certificate indicates death was caused by:
(A) Asiatic cholera;
(B) bubonic plague;
(C) typhus fever; or
(D) smallpox; or
(2) the time requirement is waived in writing by the medical examiner or, in counties not having a medical examiner, a justice of the peace.
(b) In a public health disaster, the Department of State Health Services may designate additional communicable diseases for which cremation within 48 hours after the time of death is authorized.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this article. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
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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