Texas statute

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.12 — Liability of person performing autopsy or test

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. 49.12

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. 49.12Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

A person who performs an autopsy or makes a test on a body on the order of a justice of the peace in the good faith belief that the order is valid is not liable for damages if the order is invalid.

Official sources

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.12 (official source deep link)
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