Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 49.04: DEATHS REQUIRING AN INQUEST
What this law says, in plain English
A justice of the peace must conduct an inquest into deaths meeting certain criteria, including deaths in custody, unnatural deaths, unidentified bodies, and suspected unlawful deaths. Physicians and institutions must report deaths where cause cannot be certified.
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