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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 49. INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES |
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Subchapter A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE |
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Art. 49.041. REOPENING AN INQUEST |
| A justice of the peace may reopen an inquest if, based on information provided by a credible person or facts within the knowledge of the justice of the peace, the justice of the peace determines that reopening the inquest may reveal a different cause or different circumstances of death. |
| Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. |