{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.303","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.303","heading":"COMMINGLING OF REMAINS.","body":"Unless authorized in writing by the authorizing agent, a person may not:\n(1) dispose of or scatter cremated remains in a manner or at a location that commingles the remains with other cremated remains, except by air over a scattering area or by sea; or\n(2) place the cremated remains of more than one deceased person in the same urn or other container.\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 G. DISPOSITION OF REMAINS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm#716.303","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"cf6a1ed488500ea5a6148fac4c23b766ca3f57ff27043458ce3a283bbbc6b120","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.302","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}