Sec. 711.0105. METHOD OF REMOVAL OF REMAINS. (a) The removal of remains authorized under this chapter shall be supervised by a cemetery keeper, a licensed funeral director, a medical examiner, a coroner, or a professional archeologist.
(b) The person removing the remains shall make a good faith effort to locate and remove all human remains, any casket or other covering of the remains, and any funerary objects associated with the remains.
(c) Remains that have been moved must be reburied unless a court, medical examiner, coroner, other authorized official, or next of kin approves a different disposition of the remains.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 2927), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Death and Disposition of the Body
Subtitle C - Cemeteries and Crematories
Chapter 711 - General Provisions Relating to Cemeteries
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 711.002. Disposition of Remains; Duty to Inter
Section 711.003. Records of Interment
Section 711.004. Removal of Remains
Section 711.007. Nuisance; Abatement and Injunction
Section 711.008. Location of Cemetery
Section 711.009. Authority of Cemetery Keeper
Section 711.010. Abandoned, Unknown, or Unverified Cemetery
Section 711.0105. Method of Removal of Remains
Section 711.011. Filing Record of Unknown or Abandoned Cemetery