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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 716.101

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a crematory establishment may not accept for cremation unidentified human remains.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a crematory establishment may accept for cremation unidentified human remains from a county on the order of:

(1) the county commissioners court; or

(2) a court located in the county.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.