Texas criminal code — chapter
Chapter 49: INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES
Chapter 49 of Title 1: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Chapter 49
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.01 — Definitions
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.02 — Applicability
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.03 — Powers and duties
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.04 — Deaths requiring an inquest
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.041 — Reopening an inquest
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.05 — Time and place of inquest; removal of property and body from place of death
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.06 — Hindering an inquest
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.07 — Notification of investigating official
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.08 — Information leading to an inquest
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.09 — Body disinterred or cremated
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.10 — Autopsies and tests
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.11 — Chemical analysis
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.12 — Liability of person performing autopsy or test
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.14 — Inquest hearing
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.15 — Inquest record
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.16 — Orders and death certificates
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.17 — Evidence
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.18 — Death in custody
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.19 — Warrant of arrest
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.20 — Requisites of warrant
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.21 — Commitment of homicide suspect
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.22 — Sealing premises of deceased
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.23 — Office of death investigator
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.24 — Notification and report of death of resident of institution
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.25 — Medical examiners
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.31 — Applicability
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.32 — Consent to postmortem examination or autopsy
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.33 — Persons authorized to consent to postmortem examination or autopsy
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.34 — Postmortem examination or autopsy consent form
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.35 — Right to nonaffiliated physician
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.51 — Definitions
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.52 — Right of parent of deceased person to view person's body
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