{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 696.003","heading":"AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE INFORMATION.","body":"A person who possesses unclaimed cremated remains may release to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or a veterans' service organization verification information associated with the remains to verify whether the remains are the remains of a person who was a veteran or a veteran's dependent eligible to be interred in a veterans cemetery if:\n(1) the person has possessed the cremated remains for at least five years;\n(2) the person authorized to dispose of the decedent's remains under Section 711.002 has not claimed the cremated remains; and\n(3) the person made a reasonable effort to locate a relative of the decedent to claim the remains, including publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the person is located, and more than 30 days have passed since the person first made an effort to locate a relative of the decedent.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 373 (H.B. 3064), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","CHAPTER 696. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED CREMATED REMAINS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.696.htm#696.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"0f4c42b0213b5cc543236c4f7e0e0273a7fb0ceb83460406b70386b079677509","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}