Travis County: the offices after a death
Travis County, with its seat in Austin, is covered by biohazard and trauma cleanup crews serving Austin. Whether the situation is in a city or an unincorporated area, the cleanup is arranged by the property owner or the next of kin — no county office does it.
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Travis County
After a death in Travis County
The office that investigates
Deaths in Travis County — Austin and the unincorporated areas — are investigated by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office.
- Examiner's office address
- 7723 Springdale Road, Austin, TX 78724
- Examiner's office phone
- (512) 854-9599
- County seat
- Austin
The Travis County morgue: address, hours and what it will not do →
How long it takes
“It generally takes 12 to 24 hours to complete our examination. In certain cases, however, it may take longer.”
What the office does not do
- “The Medical Examiner’s Office does not provide copies of Death Certificates.”
- “The Medical Examiner’s Office will work with the designated funeral home to complete a death certificate within 10 working days.”
- “Depending upon the complexity of such tests or investigations, it may take up to 90 days for the autopsy report to be finalized.”
Who cleans it
Nobody in that chain. Of the county offices and city police departments this site has read, not one offers to clean a property after a death — it is arranged by whoever owns it, or by the next of kin. Texas also issues no license for this trade, so ask a company about insurance, bloodborne-pathogens training and its waste route instead.
Texas’s medical-waste transporter registration (30 TAC 326.53) is written for medical waste, and waste from a home is excluded from that definition — so ask for it as evidence of a real disposal route, not as a legal box. Check a company
Sources for Travis County
Cities in Travis County
Service pages in Travis County
Providers serving Travis County
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