Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.115
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.115, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 49A.115. LIMITED AUTOPSY.
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If the medical examiner considers a complete autopsy to be unnecessary to determine a person's cause of death, the medical examiner may perform a limited autopsy by taking blood samples or other samples of body fluids, tissues, or organs, to determine the cause of death or whether a crime has been committed.
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