TEXAS FUNERAL LAW UPDATED EXAMS 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Crematory license (sec 651.656) - ✔✔a person may not conduct a crematory
business in this state unless the person who is the owner of the crematory holds a
crematory establishment license issued by the commission.
✔✔(sec 651.656) A person may not hold a crematory establishment license unless they
... - ✔✔hold a funeral establishment license or a commercial embalming establishment
license. (sec 651.656)
✔✔(sec 651.685) Annually, each crematory must file a report to the commission. This
report must include: - ✔✔the number of cremations performed the previous year
✔✔(sec 695.001) "Casket" means - ✔✔a container used to hold the remains of a
deceased person.
✔✔(sec 695.002) The commission shall ensure that a casket ... - ✔✔contains ID of the
deceased person
✔✔(sec 695.002) in-casket identification must include - ✔✔person's name, date of birth,
and date of death
, ✔✔(Sec 711.001) 'Cemetery Element' means - ✔✔a grave, memorial, crypt,
mausoleum, columbarium, or other item that is associated with the cemetery, including
the fence, roads, etc.
✔✔sec 711.003 A record shall be kept of each interment in a cemetery. The record
must include... - ✔✔1) the date the remains are received, 2) the date the remains are
interred, 3) the name and age of the person, if those facts can be conveniently obtained,
4) the identity of the plot in which those remains are interred
✔✔sec 711.004 Remains interred in a cemetery may be removed from a plot in the
cemetery with written consent of three parties. What are those parties? - ✔✔1. the
organization operating the cemetery
2. the current plot owners
3. and the following persons, in the priority listed [same as rules for descent with
kinship]
✔✔Ingress: - ✔✔a right or permission to enter
✔✔Egress: - ✔✔a right or permission to exit
✔✔sec 716.0035 A crematory establishment _____ accept remains for refrigeration
before it receives authorization to cremated the remains - ✔✔may accept and
refrigerate
✔✔sec 716.004 a crematory may not cremate remains within 48 hours of death unless
..... - ✔✔the waiting period has been waived by a justice of the peace or medical
examiner of the county in which the death occurred (or by court order)
✔✔716.051 a crematory may not cremate deceased remains until it receives... - ✔✔1) a
cremation authorization form signed by the authorizing agent, and 2) a death certificate
or other death records that indicates that the remains may be cremated
✔✔sec 716.052 (b) [C] How long must a crematory hold remains before they are
allowed to dispose of them? - ✔✔A crematory must hold remains for 120 days. If , by
then, the remains have not been claimed by the authorizing agent, the crematory may
dispose of them on the 121st day in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. sec
716.052
✔✔sec 716.101 A crematory must never accept unidentified remains for cremation
unless... - ✔✔ordered by a court located in the county (sec 716.101)
✔✔sec 716.103 A crematory est. shall place on the exterior of a cremation container ...
- ✔✔a label with the deceased person's name as provided by the authorizing agent
unless the crematory knows that the name is incorrect. sec 716.103
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Crematory license (sec 651.656) - ✔✔a person may not conduct a crematory
business in this state unless the person who is the owner of the crematory holds a
crematory establishment license issued by the commission.
✔✔(sec 651.656) A person may not hold a crematory establishment license unless they
... - ✔✔hold a funeral establishment license or a commercial embalming establishment
license. (sec 651.656)
✔✔(sec 651.685) Annually, each crematory must file a report to the commission. This
report must include: - ✔✔the number of cremations performed the previous year
✔✔(sec 695.001) "Casket" means - ✔✔a container used to hold the remains of a
deceased person.
✔✔(sec 695.002) The commission shall ensure that a casket ... - ✔✔contains ID of the
deceased person
✔✔(sec 695.002) in-casket identification must include - ✔✔person's name, date of birth,
and date of death
, ✔✔(Sec 711.001) 'Cemetery Element' means - ✔✔a grave, memorial, crypt,
mausoleum, columbarium, or other item that is associated with the cemetery, including
the fence, roads, etc.
✔✔sec 711.003 A record shall be kept of each interment in a cemetery. The record
must include... - ✔✔1) the date the remains are received, 2) the date the remains are
interred, 3) the name and age of the person, if those facts can be conveniently obtained,
4) the identity of the plot in which those remains are interred
✔✔sec 711.004 Remains interred in a cemetery may be removed from a plot in the
cemetery with written consent of three parties. What are those parties? - ✔✔1. the
organization operating the cemetery
2. the current plot owners
3. and the following persons, in the priority listed [same as rules for descent with
kinship]
✔✔Ingress: - ✔✔a right or permission to enter
✔✔Egress: - ✔✔a right or permission to exit
✔✔sec 716.0035 A crematory establishment _____ accept remains for refrigeration
before it receives authorization to cremated the remains - ✔✔may accept and
refrigerate
✔✔sec 716.004 a crematory may not cremate remains within 48 hours of death unless
..... - ✔✔the waiting period has been waived by a justice of the peace or medical
examiner of the county in which the death occurred (or by court order)
✔✔716.051 a crematory may not cremate deceased remains until it receives... - ✔✔1) a
cremation authorization form signed by the authorizing agent, and 2) a death certificate
or other death records that indicates that the remains may be cremated
✔✔sec 716.052 (b) [C] How long must a crematory hold remains before they are
allowed to dispose of them? - ✔✔A crematory must hold remains for 120 days. If , by
then, the remains have not been claimed by the authorizing agent, the crematory may
dispose of them on the 121st day in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. sec
716.052
✔✔sec 716.101 A crematory must never accept unidentified remains for cremation
unless... - ✔✔ordered by a court located in the county (sec 716.101)
✔✔sec 716.103 A crematory est. shall place on the exterior of a cremation container ...
- ✔✔a label with the deceased person's name as provided by the authorizing agent
unless the crematory knows that the name is incorrect. sec 716.103
