Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 49.06 - Hindering An Inquest(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.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 49.06
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.