Tex. Code of Crim. Proc. Article 49.16
Orders and Death Certificates

The justice of the peace or other person who conducts an inquest under this subchapter shall sign the death certificate and all orders made as a necessary part of the inquest.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Art. 49.17. EVIDENCE.
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.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 300), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.

Source: Article 49.16 — Orders and Death Certificates, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.­49.­htm#49.­16 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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Art. 49.16’s source at texas​.gov