Texas § 49A.103 INQUEST POWERS AND DUTIES OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPLY TO MEDICAL EXAMINER; CONFLICT OF LAWS.

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§ 49A.103 — INQUEST POWERS AND DUTIES OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPLY TO MEDICAL EXAMINER; CONFLICT OF LAWS.

Texas § 49A.103

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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 49A.103 (2026).

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Text of article effective on April 01, 2027 Art. 49A.103. INQUEST POWERS AND DUTIES OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPLY TO MEDICAL EXAMINER; CONFLICT OF LAWS.

(a)When the commissioners court of a county establishes an office of medical examiner, all powers and duties of justices of the peace in that county relating to a death investigation or an inquest transfer to the office of medical examiner.

(b)A subsequent general law relating to a duty of a justice of the peace in a death investigation or inquest applies to the medical examiner in that county only to the extent that the law is not inconsistent with this subchapter, Article 49A.152 , or Article 49A.251 , and those provisions prevail over a law or a part of law that otherwise conflicts with those provisions.

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Text of article effective on April 01, 2027
Art. 49A.103. INQUEST POWERS AND DUTIES OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPLY TO MEDICAL EXAMINER; CONFLICT OF LAWS. (a) When the commissioners court of a county establishes an office of medical examiner, all powers and duties of justices of the peace in that county relating to a death investigation or an inquest transfer to the office of medical examiner.
(b) A subsequent general law relating to a duty of a justice of the peace in a death investigation or inquest applies to the medical examiner in that county only to the extent that the law is not inconsistent with this subchapter, Article 49A.152 , or Article 49A.251 , and those provisions prevail over a law or a part of law that otherwise conflicts with those provisions.