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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.065 — Chemical analyses
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 49A: DEATH INQUESTS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Amendment pending: a new version of this section takes effect Thu Apr 01 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.065
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.
(a) A justice of the peace may obtain a chemical analysis of a sample taken from a body to determine whether the death was caused, wholly or partly, by the ingestion, injection, or introduction into the body of a poison or other chemical substance. A justice may obtain a chemical analysis under this subsection from a chemist, toxicologist, pathologist, or other medical expert. (b) A justice of the peace shall obtain a chemical analysis under Subsection (a) if requested by the physician who performed an autopsy on the body. (c) The commissioners court shall pay a reasonable fee to a person who conducts a chemical analysis at the request of a justice of the peace.
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