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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.001 Definitions
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Sec. 711.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Abandoned cemetery" means a cemetery, regardless of whether it appears on a map or in deed records, that is not owned or operated by a cemetery organization, does not have another person legally responsible for its care, and is not…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.002 Disposition of Remains; Duty To Inter
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Sec. 711.002. DISPOSITION OF REMAINS; DUTY TO INTER. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (l), unless a decedent has left directions in writing for the disposition of the decedent's remains as provided in Subsection (g), the following persons, in the priority listed, have the rig…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.003 Records of Interment
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Sec. 711.003. RECORDS OF INTERMENT. A record shall be kept of each interment in a cemetery. The record must include: (1) the date the remains are received; (2) the date the remains are interred; (3) the name and age of the person interred if those facts can be conveniently obtain…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.004 Removal of Remains
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Sec. 711.004. REMOVAL OF REMAINS. (a) Remains interred in a cemetery may be removed from a plot in the cemetery with the written consent of the cemetery organization operating the cemetery and the written consent of the current plot owner or owners and the following persons, in t…