Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 193.010 — CERTIFICATE OF DEATH BY CATASTROPHE
HS § 193.010Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS · Ch. 193. DEATH RECORDS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "catastrophe" means the occurrence of a substantial force that causes widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property and from which it is not reasonable to assume that a person could survive, including:
(1)flood, earthquake, tornado, or other natural disaster;
(2)explosion, fire, or destruction of a building;
(3)the crash of a motor vehicle, train, or airplane involving more than one person; or
(4)the overtaking of more than one person by fire, water, earth, or other substance.
(b)A local registrar shall issue and file a certificate of death by catastrophe for a person if:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1098, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.