{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.053","heading":"DELEGATION OF CREMATION AUTHORIZATION AUTHORITY.","body":"(a) An authorizing agent may delegate to a representative in writing the authority to execute a cremation authorization form.\n(b) An authorizing agent's written delegation of authority must be notarized and include:\n(1) the name and address of the authorizing agent and the relationship of the authorizing agent to the deceased person;\n(2) the name and address of the representative; and\n(3) an acknowledgment by the authorizing agent that the representative may serve as the authorizing agent and execute the cremation authorization form.\n(c) A crematory establishment is not liable in a civil action for relying on a cremation authorization form executed by a representative of the authorizing agent to whom authority is delegated in accordance with this section.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 716. CREMATORIES","SUBCHAPTER B. AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm#716.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"90545803f7e1f7eb4490a966c56c62fd209ca8132f27f9229993ae246a525fa1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}