Texas Health And Safety Code Title 8, Chapter 714 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating To Cemeteries

• Texas Section 714.001 - Depth Of Graves; Criminal Penalty
  (a) The body of a decedent may not be buried in a manner so that the outside top surface of the container of the body...
• Texas Section 714.002 - Limitation On Location Of Feed Or Slaughter Pens Near Cemetery
  (a) The maintenance or location of a feed pen for hogs, cattle, or horses, a slaughter pen, or a slaughterhouse 500 feet or nearer to...
• Texas Section 714.003 - Abandoned Plots In Private Cemeteries
  (a) The ownership or right of sepulture in an unoccupied plot for which adequate perpetual care has not been provided in a private cemetery operated...
• Texas Section 714.004 - Removal Of Remains From Abandoned Cemetery In County Of At Least 525,000
  (a) If an abandoned and neglected cemetery in a county with a population of at least 525,000 for which no perpetual care and endowment fund...

Last modified: September 28, 2016