Texas Statutes
§ 49A.065 — CHEMICAL ANALYSES.
Texas § 49A.065
JurisdictionTexas
Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure
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Bluebook
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 49A.065 (2026).
Text
Text of article effective on April 01, 2027 Art. 49A.065. CHEMICAL ANALYSES.
(a)A justice of the peace may obtain a chemical analysis of a sample taken from a body to determine whether the death was caused, wholly or partly, by the ingestion, injection, or introduction into the body of a poison or other chemical substance. A justice may obtain a chemical analysis under this subsection from a chemist, toxicologist, pathologist, or other medical expert.
(b)A justice of the peace shall obtain a chemical analysis under Subsection (a) if requested by the physician who performed an autopsy on the body.
(c)The commissioners court shall pay a reasonable fee to a person who conducts a chemical analysis at the request of a justice of the peace.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2027.
Nearby Sections
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§ 49A.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 49A.051
APPLICABILITY.§ 49A.053
DEATHS REQUIRING INQUEST.§ 49A.058
TIME AND PLACE OF INQUEST.§ 49A.059
OFFENSE: HINDERING AN INQUEST.§ 49A.061
AUTHORITY TO LOCK AND SEAL PREMISES OF DECEASED PERSON; LIABILITY OF ESTATE FOR EXPENSES; OFFENSE.§ 49A.062
AUTHORITY TO DISINTER BODY.§ 49A.063
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Texas § 49A.065, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/CR/49A.065.