{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.101","heading":"UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a crematory establishment may not accept for cremation unidentified human remains.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a crematory establishment may accept for cremation unidentified human remains from a county on the order of:\n(1) the county commissioners court; or\n(2) a court located in the county.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 747 (S.B. 571), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 716. CREMATORIES","SUBCHAPTER C. RECEIPT AND IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm#716.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a0879a42e7e4058f2bd52886906482e2dc16e61ffdd3ede4e8b7400ed2b7dccb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}