UNLAWFUL DELIVERY AND RECEIPT OF BODY.
Dallas City Code § 11-14
in effectSEC. 11-14. UNLAWFUL DELIVERY AND RECEIPT OF BODY.
It shall be unlawful for a person to convey or deliver the body of a deceased person to a cemetery in the city or for a sexton of a cemetery to receive the body of a deceased person, unless the body is accompanied by either a valid state department of health report of death form which has been filed by the funeral director with the local registrar within whose jurisdiction the death occurred or a valid burial-transit permit. (Code 1941, Art. 15-13; Ord. 14351)
Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-138138Fetched: 10/26/2026
