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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.304: SCATTERING REMAINS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
- SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES
- CHAPTER 716. CREMATORIES
- SUBCHAPTER G. DISPOSITION OF REMAINS
A person may scatter cremated remains over uninhabited public land, over a public waterway or sea, or on the private property of a consenting owner. Unless the container is biodegradable, the cremated remains must be removed from the container before being scattered.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (H.B. 1468), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2009.
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