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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 716.351

CRIMINAL PENALTY

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

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) cremates human remains without receipt of:

(A) a cremation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent; or

(B) written directions for the disposition by cremation of the deceased person's human remains as provided in Section 711.002(g);

(2) signs a cremation authorization form with actual knowledge that the form contains false or incorrect information; or

(3) represents to the public that the person may cremate human remains without being licensed as provided by Subchapter N, Chapter 651, Occupations Code.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor.

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