{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-693.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 693.003","heading":"CONSENT NOT REQUIRED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.","body":"If a person listed in Section 692A.009 cannot be identified and contacted within four hours after death is pronounced and the county court determines that no reasonable likelihood exists that a person can be identified and contacted during the four-hour period, the county court may permit the removal of a nonvisceral organ or tissue.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 186 (H.B. 2027), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","CHAPTER 693. REMOVAL OF BODY PARTS, BODY TISSUE, AND CORNEAL TISSUE","SUBCHAPTER A. REMOVAL OF BODY PARTS OR TISSUE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.693.htm#693.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"31ce43b3ceb1e5e7e59a0df864b5ac37d7311ad00820fe6eb6b76783f276906a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-693.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-693.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}