History. Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 8; Ga. L. 1984, p. 812, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1073, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 391, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 81, § 1B/HB 64; Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 6-1/HB 249; Ga. L. 2018, p. 239, § 1/SB 327; Ga. L. 2022, p. 409, § 1/SB 496.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, in subsection (a), substituted “individual” for “person” in the introductory paragraph and in the last sentence of the ending undesignated paragraph, substituted “individuals” for “persons” in paragraph (a)(5), deleted “or” at the end of paragraph (a)(8), added “; or” at the end of paragraph (a)(9), added paragraph (a)(10), and substituted “he or she” for “the person” near the end of the ending undesignated paragraph.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, deleted former paragraph (a)(4), which read: “When unattended by a physician;”; redesignated former paragraphs (a)(5) through (a)(9) as present paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(8), respectively; deleted “or” at the end of paragraph (a)(8); redesignated former paragraph (a)(10) as present paragraph (a)(9); added “; or” at the end of paragraph (a)(9); and added paragraph (a)(10); and, in subsection (b), inserted “under circumstances specified in paragraphs (1) through (9) of such subsection” in the first sentence and added the second sentence.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, deleted “or” at the end of paragraph (a)(9); added paragraph (a)(10); redesignated former paragraph (a)(10) as present paragraph (a)(11); in the ending undesignated paragraph of subsection (a), in the second sentence, substituted “purposes of paragraph (11) of this subsection” for “the purposes of this Code section” and inserted “by a physician”, and added the last sentence; inserted the second sentence in subsection (b); and substituted “paragraph (5)” for “paragraph (6)” in the second sentence of subsection (d).
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For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 143 (2017).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 2 - Death Investigations
§ 45-16-25.1. Releasing Remains of Deceased to Next of Kin; Exception
§ 45-16-28. Performance of Autopsy When Not Required Under Code Section 45-16-24
§ 45-16-29. Removal of Body Generally
§ 45-16-30. Transport of Body Across State Line
§ 45-16-33. Coroner to Make Inquest Upon Completion of Examination and Verification
§ 45-16-34. Issuance of Subpoenas; Administration of Oath to Witnesses
§ 45-16-36. Impaneling of Jury to Hold Inquest; Compensation of Jurors
§ 45-16-37. When Jury to Be Impaneled; Jury Not Required to View Body
§ 45-16-38. Issuance of Precept to Sheriff to Summon Inquest Jury; Form
§ 45-16-39. Oath for Foreperson and Jury of Inquest
§ 45-16-40. Coroner’s Charge to Jury; Power of Jury
§ 45-16-41. Defaulting Juror to Be Fined by Coroner
§ 45-16-42. Offering in Evidence of Results of Examination
§ 45-16-45. Authority of Coroners and Medical Examiners to Disinter Bodies
§ 45-16-47. Penalty for Violation of Article
§ 45-16-48. Coroner’s Employment of Court Reporter
§ 45-16-50. Providing Biological Substances to Canine Instructors or Schools
§ 45-16-51. Interment of Unidentified Human Remains; Disinterment for Identification