Colorado Code
Part 6 - Coroner
§ 30-10-606. Coroner - Inquiry - Grounds - Postmortem - Jury - Certificate of Death

(1.1) The coroner shall request that jurisdiction of a death be transferred to the coroner of the county in which the event which resulted in the death of the person occurred, with the jurisdiction effective upon the acceptance by the receiving coroner. The transfer shall be in writing, and a copy thereof shall be maintained in the offices of the transferring and receiving coroners. The district attorney from each county involved in the transfer shall be contacted prior to the transfer unless prior agreements have been established.

(2.5) In the case of a noncriminal investigation, the coroner, in cooperation with the public administrator if applicable, may take appropriate measures to safeguard the property and its contents. The coroner may charge the costs of securing the premises against the estate of the deceased. A coroner who secures or safeguards the property and its contents is immune from civil liability for damage to or loss of the property or its contents.
(2.7) A coroner shall comply with information requests for statistical or research purposes from the department of public health and environment and the department of transportation.

Source: G.L. § 511. G.S. § 615. L. 1887: p. 233, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1300. C.L. § 8775. CSA: C. 45, § 122. CRS 53: § 35-6-6. L. 57: p. 311, § 1. L. 73: R&RE, p. 462, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-6-6. L. 81: (1)(c) to (1)(h) amended and (1.1), (1.2), and (6) added, pp. 1439, 1440, §§ 2, 3, effective June 4. L. 89: (6) amended, p. 1276, § 3, effective April 18. L. 96: (4) amended, p. 402, § 15, effective April 17. L. 2000: (6) amended, p. 157, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2001: (6) amended, p. 735, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2002: (6)(a)(II) amended, p. 1029, § 56, effective June 1. L. 2004: (4)(c) added, p. 626, § 3, effective August 4. L. 2011: (2) amended, (HB 11-1258), ch. 137, p. 477, § 2, effective May 4; IP(6)(a) and (6)(a)(II) amended, (SB 11-187), ch. 285, p. 1329, § 76, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1097), ch. 95, p. 304, § 3, effective April 4; (1) (d) repealed, (HB 13-1154), ch. 372, p. 2192, § 3, effective July 1; (6) (a) (II) amended, (HB 13-1104), ch. 77, p. 249, § 7, effective August 7. L. 2019: IP(6)(a) and (6)(a)(II) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1718, § 212, effective October 1. L. 2020: (6)(a)(II) amended, (HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1551, § 68, effective July 14.
Editor's note: Amendments to this section by House Bill 13-1097, House Bill 13-1104, and House Bill 13-1154 were harmonized.
Cross references: (1) For issuance of death certificate, see § 25-2-110; for postmortem examination by licensed physician, see § 12-240-137.
(2) For the legislative declaration in the 2011 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 2011.
(3) For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act repealing subsection (1)(d), see section 1 of chapter 372, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.