The County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with the approval of the county medical examiner shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard to the death. Such personal effects may be retained as evidence if deemed necessary or forthwith be returned to the next of kin.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Division 4 - Medical Examiner.
Section 45-49-171.60 - Office of Coroner Abolished.
Section 45-49-171.61 - County Medical Examiner; Deputies.
Section 45-49-171.62 - Qualifications.
Section 45-49-171.63 - Investigation of Deaths.
Section 45-49-171.64 - Authority of Medical Examiner in Death Investigations.
Section 45-49-171.65 - Issuance of Death Certificate.
Section 45-49-171.66 - Autopsy or Postmortem Examination.
Section 45-49-171.67 - Personal Effects on or About Body.
Section 45-49-171.68 - Reporting of Death; Violations.
Section 45-49-171.69 - Issuance of Subpoenas.
Section 45-49-171.70 - Immunity Form Civil or Criminal Liability.
Section 45-49-171.71 - Admissibility of Reports of Death Investigations.
Section 45-49-171.72 - Powers and Duties of Coroners.
Section 45-49-171.73 - Compensation.
Section 45-49-171.74 - Transfer of Title to Property; Disposition of Funds.
Section 45-49-171.75 - Transportation of Bodies.