(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly hinders the entrance of a justice of the peace to a premises where a death occurred or a body is found.
(b) An offense under this article is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.06
HINDERING AN INQUEST
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.