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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.17 — Evidence

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. 49.17

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. 49.17Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

A justice of the peace shall preserve all tangible evidence that the justice accumulates in the course of an inquest that tends to show the real cause of death or identify the person who caused the death. The justice shall deposit the evidence with the appropriate law enforcement agency to be stored in the agency's property room for safekeeping.

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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.17 (official source deep link)
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