{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 696.005","heading":"CIVIL IMMUNITY.","body":"(a) A person who releases verification information as authorized by this chapter or who transfers cremated remains to a veterans' service organization or a veterans cemetery as authorized by this chapter is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from the release or transfer.\n(b) A veterans' service organization that inters cremated remains in a veterans cemetery as authorized by this chapter is immune from civil liability for damages arising from the interment.\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#696.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9d6a6a98765baaa63b2ae29ba4404e66a2e5d6ee5d67258f47a030c29d11c33c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-697.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}