Texas

Cemetery and Funeral Legislation
TEXAS FUNERAL LAWS

Health & Safety Code

  • Chapter 193 : Death Records
  • Title 8 : Death and Disposition of the Body
  • Title 3 : Vital Statistics

Insurance Code

  • Chapter 3 : Life, Health and Accident Insurance
  • Article 21.07 : Licensing of Agents

Property Code

  • Chapter 71 : Escheat of Property
  • Chapter 113 : Administration

Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes

  • Chapter 12 Embalming

Texas Finance Code

  • Chapter 154 - (superseding Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes Art. 548b)

Texas Administrative Code:

  • Department of Banking Regulations Chapter 25 : Prepaid Funeral Contracts
  • Chapter 26 : Perpetual Care Cemeteries

Texas Funeral Service Commission Regulations

  • Chapters 201 & 203

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure : Inquests upon Dead Bodies

TEXAS CEMETERY LAWS

Texas Administrative Code

  • Department of Banking Regulation - Chapter 26 : Perpetual Care Cemeteries

Vernon’s Annotated Revised Civil Statutes

  • Title 1 - Chapter 11 : Property Taxes & Exemptions
  • Title 3 - Chapter 193 : Death Records
  • Title 3 - Chapter 694 : Burial
  • Title 4 - Telephone Solicitation Act
  • Title 26 : Chapter 711 : Death & Disposition of the Body
  • Title 26 : Chapter 712 : Perpetual Care Cemeteries
  • Title 26 : Chapter 713 - Local Regulation of Cemeteries
  • Title 26 : Chapter 714 - Misc. Provisions Relating to Cemeteries
  • Title 32 - Chapter 1 - Misc. Corporation Laws Act

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