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

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.010: PRIVATE CARE OF GRAVES.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
  3. SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES
  4. CHAPTER 713. LOCAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES

This subchapter does not affect the right of a person who has an interest in a grave or burial lot, or who is related within the fifth degree by affinity or consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to, or is a direct descendant of, a decedent interred in the cemetery, to beautify or maintain a grave or burial lot individually or at the person's own expense in accordance with reasonable municipal rules.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 33, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 2927), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2009.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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