Sec. 651.456. UNETHICAL CONDUCT REGARDING CUSTODY OF DEAD HUMAN BODY. A person violates this chapter if the person: (1) takes custody of a dead human body without the permission of: (A) the person or the agent of the person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or (B) a medical examiner or a justice of the peace who has jurisdiction over the body under Subchapter B , Chapter 49A , Code of Criminal Procedure; (2) refuses to promptly surrender a dead human body to a person or agent authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or (3) violates any state law governing the transportation, storage, refrigeration, inurnment, interment, or disinterment of a dead human body.
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