{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 696.004","heading":"TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED CREMATED REMAINS.","body":"A person who receives notice from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or a veterans' service organization that the unclaimed cremated remains are the remains of a veteran or veteran's dependent eligible to be interred in a veterans cemetery may:\n(1) transport the cremated remains to the veterans cemetery for burial; or\n(2) transfer the cremated remains to a veterans' service organization that will ensure that the cremated remains are interred in a veterans cemetery.\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#696.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e68e0a84d9ab03661f8a8a1fe9c5eda0358f7080976ab34be3bd8a67740a98aa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}