Sec. 651.456.  UNETHICAL CONDUCT REGARDING CUSTODY OF DEAD HUMAN BODY.  A person violates this chapter if the person:
(1)  takes custody of a dead human body without the permission of:
(A)  the person or the agent of the person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased;  or
(B)  a medical examiner or a justice of the peace who has jurisdiction over the body under Articles 49.02-49.05, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2)  refuses to promptly surrender a dead human body to a person or agent authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased;  or
(3)  violates any state law governing the transportation, storage, refrigeration, inurnment, interment, or disinterment of a dead human body.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.