A special coroner must discharge the duties of the sheriff in such cases as the coroner is required and also when the sheriff and coroner are imprisoned and, on the direction of the judge of probate, when they are both parties or both interested.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Section 11-5-1 - Election; Term of Office.
Section 11-5-4 - Duty to Hold Inquests, Etc.
Section 11-5-5 - When to Discharge Duties of Sheriff Generally.
Section 11-5-6 - When to Act as Keeper of Jail.
Section 11-5-7 - When to Execute Summons, Writs, Etc.
Section 11-5-8 - Official Acts Valid Through Process Directed to Sheriff, Etc.
Section 11-5-9 - When Additional Bond Required; Effect of Failure to Give Bond.
Section 11-5-10 - Special Coroner - Appointment.
Section 11-5-11 - Special Coroner - Duties.
Section 11-5-13 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.
Section 11-5-30 - Legislative Findings; Construction.
Section 11-5-31 - Alabama Coroner's Training Commission.
Section 11-5-32 - Conflicts of Interest.
Section 11-5-33 - Coroner Qualifications.
Section 11-5-34 - Deputy Coroners.