{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.456-2","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 651.456 (2)","heading":"UNETHICAL CONDUCT REGARDING CUSTODY OF DEAD HUMAN BODY.","body":"Text of section effective on April 01, 2027\nA person violates this chapter if the person:\n(1) takes custody of a dead human body without the permission of:\n(A) the person or the agent of the person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or\n(B) a medical examiner or a justice of the peace who has jurisdiction over the body under Subchapter B, Chapter 49A, Code of Criminal Procedure;\n(2) refuses to promptly surrender a dead human body to a person or agent authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or\n(3) violates any state law governing the transportation, storage, refrigeration, inurnment, interment, or disinterment of a dead human body.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 2.19, eff. April 1, 2027.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE L. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","CHAPTER 651. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","SUBCHAPTER J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm#651.456","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"bdc7aee1fe1ae70ed5dce0c2163fb61bd2c672e6f6a7ac63dda78f2fa929b6c4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.456","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.457"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}