{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.304","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.304","heading":"SCATTERING REMAINS.","body":"A person may scatter cremated remains over uninhabited public land, over a public waterway or sea, or on the private property of a consenting owner. Unless the container is biodegradable, the cremated remains must be removed from the container before being scattered.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (H.B. 1468), Sec. 17, 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 G. DISPOSITION OF REMAINS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm#716.304","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"bc325ba350baac96d28ce9b1ee959217442adde1decc6bfcdd0b0f6cde271b85","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.303","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-716.351"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}