Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 696.005
Civil Immunity

(a)

A person who releases verification information as authorized by this chapter or who transfers cremated remains to a veterans’ service organization or a veterans cemetery as authorized by this chapter is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from the release or transfer.

(b)

A veterans’ service organization that inters cremated remains in a veterans cemetery as authorized by this chapter is immune from civil liability for damages arising from the interment.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 373 (H.B. 3064), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.

Source: Section 696.005 — Civil Immunity, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­696.­htm#696.­005 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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