Tex. Health & Safety Code § 715.006 · Chapter 715. CERTAIN HISTORIC CEMETERIES
SERVICE OF CITATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before the 31st day after the date an action is commenced by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter, the nonprofit corporation shall cause citation to be issued and served by certified mail, return receipt requested, on:
(1) the record owners of the real property comprising the cemetery at their last known addresses;
(2) the owners of plots in the cemetery at their last known addresses;
(3) the Texas Historical Commission at its office in Austin, Texas; and
(4) the county auditor of the county in which the cemetery is located.
(b) The citation must be accompanied by a copy of the petition.
(c) Except as provided by Section 17.032, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, if the address or identity of a plot owner is not known and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, service by publication shall be made on the plot owner by publishing notice on the public information Internet website maintained as required by Section 72.034, Government Code, and at least three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the cemetery is located.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891), Sec. 10.12, eff. June 1, 2020.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.715.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 22fb807dc853566639ea2238e47ae4618b2d5b0098bd206c6e9e39a68227e79a
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 715.006. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.