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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 193.009: BURIAL RECORDS.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 3. VITAL STATISTICS
  3. CHAPTER 193. DEATH RECORDS

(a) The person in charge of premises on which interments are made shall keep a record of the bodies interred or otherwise disposed of on the premises.

(b) The records must include for each decedent:

(1) the decedent's name;

(2) the place of death;

(3) the date of interment or disposal;

(4) the name and address of the funeral director; and

(5) any other information required by the state registrar.

(c) The records are open to official inspection at all times.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

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