Texas Statutes
§ 49A.117 — DUTY TO TAKE CHARGE OF BODY IN ABSENCE OF NEXT OF KIN OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Texas § 49A.117
JurisdictionTexas
Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure
This text of Texas § 49A.117 (DUTY TO TAKE CHARGE OF BODY IN ABSENCE OF NEXT OF KIN OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 49A.117 (2026).
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Text of article effective on April 01, 2027
Art. 49A.117. DUTY TO TAKE CHARGE OF BODY IN ABSENCE OF NEXT OF KIN OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE. In the absence of a next of kin or a legal representative of the deceased person, the medical examiner, or the medical examiner's authorized deputy, shall take charge of the person's body and all property found with the body.
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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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