Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 49.04 — DEATHS REQUIRING AN INQUEST

CR § 49.04Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 49. INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES · Art. A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

(a)A justice of the peace shall conduct an inquest into the death of a person who dies in the county served by the justice if:

(1)the person dies in prison under circumstances other than those described by Section 501.055(b), Government Code, or in jail;

(2)the person dies an unnatural death from a cause other than a legal execution;

(3)the body or a body part of a person is found and either:

(A)the person is identified but the cause or circumstances of death are unknown; or

(B)the person is unidentified, regardless of whether the cause or circumstances of death are known;

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