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

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.026: BODY OF TRAVELER.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
  3. SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
  4. CHAPTER 691. DONATION OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. DONATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

If an unclaimed body is the body of a traveler who died suddenly, the commission shall direct the institution or other person receiving the body to retain the body for six months for purposes of identification.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 624 (S.B. 1214), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 2040), Sec. 1.12, eff. September 1, 2023.

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