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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. 49.06. HINDERING AN INQUEST |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly hinders the entrance of a justice of the peace to a premises where a death occurred or a body is found. (b) An offense under this article is a Class B misdemeanor. |
| Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. |