{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.0105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.0105","heading":"METHOD OF REMOVAL OF REMAINS.","body":"(a) The removal of remains authorized under this chapter shall be supervised by a cemetery keeper, a licensed funeral director, a medical examiner, a coroner, or a professional archeologist.\n(b) The person removing the remains shall make a good faith effort to locate and remove all human remains, any casket or other covering of the remains, and any funerary objects associated with the remains.\n(c) Remains that have been moved must be reburied unless a court, medical examiner, coroner, other authorized official, or next of kin approves a different disposition of the remains.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 2927), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 711. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CEMETERIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.711.htm#711.0105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a9fe174cfe31ba3bbcc03677ccd15e0eba9df27b9af7889e4e0349c20385111b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.010","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}