Tex. Health & Safety Code § 716.101 · Subchapter C. RECEIPT AND IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS
UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a crematory establishment may not accept for cremation unidentified human remains.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a crematory establishment may accept for cremation unidentified human remains from a county on the order of:
(1) the county commissioners court; or
(2) a court located in the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 747 (S.B. 571), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 fa6b732021d4153287e3eba68fdfed770c82013a82b172bd1c2300e5630c039f
- 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
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.