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Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 651.455. False or Misleading Statements Regarding Funeral Merchandise or Funeral, Cemetery, or Crematory Services

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person violates this chapter if the person uses a statement that misleads or deceives the public, including a fraudulent statement or any other type of a false or misleading statement regarding:

(1) a legal, religious, or cemetery requirement for funeral merchandise or funeral, cemetery, or crematory services;

(2) the preservative qualities of funeral merchandise or funeral, cemetery, or crematory services in preventing or substantially delaying natural decomposition of human remains;

(3) the airtight or watertight properties of a casket or outer enclosure;

(4) the licenses held by the personnel in the operation of the cemetery, crematory, or funeral establishment;  or

(5) an activity regulated under this chapter, including the sale of funeral-related goods or services.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, § 42(3).

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