{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-691.027","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.027","heading":"AUTOPSY.","body":"Only the commission may grant permission to perform an autopsy on an unclaimed body. The commission may grant permission after receiving a specific request for an autopsy that shows sufficient evidence of medical urgency.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 2040), Sec. 1.13, 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#691.027","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"10fbd20a6f69f52c62114bfdd83e795aae0bd2f96e48ba7f227b23ffb6b7344c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-691.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-691.028"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}