A BTP is required for a body to be removed from the state, cremated, or transported by a common carrier. As per TAC 181.2(b), a death certificate “completed in so far as possible” is required before a local registrar can issue the BTP.
The process has not changed. Local registrars are still responsible for issuing these permits. Local registrars can use the death general data entry screen to verify that a death certificate is in TxEVER.
Local registrars can require documents such as verification of death facts, report of the death, and/or authority to cremate.
The funeral directors can print the verification of death facts and report of death from TxEVER, and the authority to cremate can be found on the TxEVER Landing Page.
The manual BTP process can still be used as needed to issue a written BTP without a completed death certificate. BTPs have been incorporated into TxEVER. This electronic process requires the medical certifier to indicate a manner of death but does not require medical certification.