{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.204","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.204","heading":"IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY; WRITTEN DIRECTIONS.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Cemetery organization\" has the meaning assigned by Section 711.001.\n(2) \"Embalmer\" has the meaning assigned by Section 651.001, Occupations Code.\n(b) If Section 716.054(a) applies, a cemetery organization, a business operating a crematory or columbarium, a funeral director, an embalmer, or a funeral establishment is not criminally liable or liable in a civil action for:\n(1) cremating the human remains of a deceased person; or\n(2) carrying out the written directions of the deceased person.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (H.B. 1468), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 716. CREMATORIES","SUBCHAPTER E. DISPUTES AND LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm#716.204","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"39852a4209b09954ee4a43c85293ef383f7e4bc7d33e25b4223a92ac1eb5ba18","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}