Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.17
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
A justice of the peace shall preserve all tangible evidence that the justice accumulates in the course of an inquest that tends to show the real cause of death or identify the person who caused the death. The justice shall deposit the evidence with the appropriate law enforcement agency to be stored in the agency's property room for safekeeping.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 49.17