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