Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 49A.251: WAITING PERIOD BEFORE CREMATION; OFFENSE
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a Class B misdemeanor by knowingly cremating a deceased person's body within 48 hours of death, except in cases of certain communicable diseases or with medical examiner/justice of the peace approval.
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