Tex. Health & Safety Code § 193.002 · Chapter 193. DEATH RECORDS
PERSON REQUIRED TO FILE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The person in charge of interment or in charge of removal of a body from a registration district for disposition shall:
(1) obtain and file the death certificate or fetal death certificate;
(2) enter on the certificate the information relating to disposition of the body;
(3) sign the certificate; and
(4) file the certificate electronically as specified by the state registrar.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 302 (H.B. 1739), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.193.htm
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- sha256 172a7d3f2d1553928d43a8df921cac077ff92d69d23c9d11cd4ba618b77526ad
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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