Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 49.17. Evidence
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Art. 49.17. [982] [1073] [1036] EVIDENCE. A justice of the
peace shall preserve all tangible evidence that the justice
accumulates in the course of an inquest that tends to show the real
cause of death or identify the person who caused the death. The
justice shall:
(1) deposit the evidence with the appropriate law
enforcement agency to be stored in the agency's property room for
safekeeping; or
(2) deliver the evidence to the district clerk for
safekeeping subject to the order of the court.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1987.
Article: 49.10 49.11 49.12 49.13 49.14 49.15 49.16 49.17 49.18 49.19 49.20 49.21 49.22 49.23 49.24
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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