California Code
PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS
CHAPTER 10 - Coroner

ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally

Section 27460. - 27460. If an inquest is held by the coroner and...

Section 27461. - 27461. In order to inter decently the body of the...

Section 27462. - 27462. The coroner shall file with the clerk of the...

Section 27463. - 27463. The coroner shall keep an official register, labeled “Coroner’s...

Section 27463.5. - 27463.5. In lieu of the “coroner’s register,” the coroner may...

Section 27464. - 27464. Whenever the death of any person shall have been...

Section 27465. - 27465. Within 90 days after an inquest upon a dead...

Section 27466. - 27466. If, within 90 days after the inquest, no legal...

Section 27467. - 27467. If the coroner fails to deliver to the treasurer...

Section 27468. - 27468. If within 90 days after an inquest upon a...

Section 27469. - 27469. In any action or proceeding in which the sheriff...

Section 27470. - 27470. If no private ambulance service other than that operated...

Section 27470.5. - 27470.5. Any county with a population under 250,000 that has...

Section 27471. - 27471. (a) Whenever the coroner takes custody of a dead...

Section 27472. - 27472. If authorized by the county board of supervisors by...

Section 27473. - 27473. In coroners’ cases, interpreters’ and translators’ fees or other...

ARTICLE 2 - Inquests

Section 27490. - 27490. The coroner shall hold inquests pursuant to this article....

Section 27491. - 27491. It shall be the duty of the coroner to...

Section 27491.1. - 27491.1. In all cases in which a person has died...

Section 27491.2. - 27491.2. (a) The coroner or the coroner’s appointed deputy, on...

Section 27491.25. - 27491.25. (a) The coroner or medical examiner, or their appointed...

Section 27491.3. - 27491.3. (a) In any death into which the coroner is...

Section 27491.4. - 27491.4. (a) For purposes of inquiry the coroner shall, within...

Section 27491.41. - 27491.41. (a) For purposes of this section, “sudden infant death...

Section 27491.42. - 27491.42. (a) For purposes of this section, “sudden unexplained death...

Section 27491.43. - 27491.43. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, except as otherwise...

Section 27491.44. - 27491.44. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the coroner is...

Section 27491.45. - 27491.45. (a) (1) The coroner shall have the right to...

Section 27491.46. - 27491.46. (a) The coroner shall have the right to retain...

Section 27491.47. - 27491.47. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the coroner may, in...

Section 27491.5. - 27491.5. The cause of death appearing on a certificate of...

Section 27491.55. - 27491.55. In any case where a coroner is required to...

Section 27491.6. - 27491.6. The coroner may also, in his discretion, if the...

Section 27491.7. - 27491.7. The coroner, his authorized deputy, or a hearing officer...

Section 27491.8. - 27491.8. (a) When the coroner seeks a confidential communication of...

Section 27492. - 27492. The coroner shall summon, or cause to be summoned...

Section 27493. - 27493. No person summoned is exempt from jury duty except...

Section 27497. - 27497. After the jury has been sworn and charged by...

Section 27498. - 27498. (a) The coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable...

Section 27499. - 27499. The coroner shall summon and examine as witnesses every...

Section 27499.1. - 27499.1. Where the names and addresses of possible witnesses have...

Section 27500. - 27500. Any witness served with a subpena who wilfully and...

Section 27501. - 27501. The coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to...

Section 27502. - 27502. The coroner shall cause the testimony given by any...

Section 27502.2. - 27502.2. The inquest verdict or decision shall be inadmissible as...

Section 27503. - 27503. The transcript of the testimony of the witnesses examined...

Section 27504. - 27504. After hearing the testimony, the jury shall render its...

Section 27504.1. - 27504.1. If the findings are that the deceased met his...

Section 27511. - 27511. There shall be but one inquest upon a body,...

Section 27512. - 27512. If it appears that an error in the identity...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Autopsy

Section 27520. - 27520. (a) The coroner shall cause to be performed an...

Section 27521. - 27521. (a) A postmortem examination or autopsy conducted at the...

Section 27521.1. - 27521.1. The law enforcement agency investigating the death of an...

Section 27522. - 27522. (a) A forensic autopsy shall only be conducted by...

ARTICLE 3 - Vacancy

Section 27530. - 27530. If the coroner is absent or unable to attend,...