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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.041 — Reopening an inquest

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 49: INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.041

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.041Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

A justice of the peace may reopen an inquest if, based on information provided by a credible person or facts within the knowledge of the justice of the peace, the justice of the peace determines that reopening the inquest may reveal a different cause or different circumstances of death.

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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.041 (official source deep link)
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