Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 696.004
Transfer of Unclaimed Cremated Remains

A person who receives notice from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or a veterans’ service organization that the unclaimed cremated remains are the remains of a veteran or veteran’s dependent eligible to be interred in a veterans cemetery may:

(1)

transport the cremated remains to the veterans cemetery for burial; or

(2)

transfer the cremated remains to a veterans’ service organization that will ensure that the cremated remains are interred in a veterans cemetery.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 373 (H.B. 3064), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.

Source: Section 696.004 — Transfer of Unclaimed Cremated Remains, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­696.­htm#696.­004 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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