Tex. Occupations Code § 651.456
UNETHICAL CONDUCT REGARDING CUSTODY OF DEAD HUMAN BODY
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- Tex. Occupations Code § 651.456, UNETHICAL CONDUCT REGARDING CUSTODY OF DEAD HUMAN BODY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/700776
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A person violates this chapter if the person:
(1) takes custody of a dead human body without the permission of:
(A) the person or the agent of the person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or
(B) a medical examiner or a justice of the peace who has jurisdiction over the body under Subchapter B, Chapter 49A, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) refuses to promptly surrender a dead human body to a person or agent authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or
(3) violates any state law governing the transportation, storage, refrigeration, inurnment, interment, or disinterment of a dead human body.