{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-691.026","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.026","heading":"BODY OF TRAVELER.","body":"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.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 624 (S.B. 1214), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 2040), Sec. 1.12, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","CHAPTER 691. DONATION OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS","SUBCHAPTER B. DONATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.691.htm#691.026","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"80ec0961f47ec3ff8bfd4a435bb190c55db19dfa2c31b5909bbfab5156908080","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-691.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-691.027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}