Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 49. INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES |
Subchapter A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE |
Art. 49.12. LIABILITY OF PERSON PERFORMING AUTOPSY OR TEST |
A person who performs an autopsy or makes a test on a body on the order of a justice of the peace in the good faith belief that the order is valid is not liable for damages if the order is invalid. |
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. |