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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 45-16-1. Election, Commission, Removal; Qualifications; Affidavit of Qualification - History. Orig. Code 1863, § 559; Code 1868, § 623;...
§ 45-16-2. Appointment of Coroners Where Coroners Not Elected; Filling Vacancies - History. Orig. Code 1863, § 560; Code 1868, § 624;...
§ 45-16-3. Oath - Before beginning the duties of the office of coroner, a...
§ 45-16-4. Bond Generally; Liability for Moneys Collected or Failing to Do Duties - A coroner shall give bond and surety in the sum...
§ 45-16-5. Additional Bond When Acting for Sheriff - When a coroner is required to act in the place...
§ 45-16-6. Participation in Training Course - During every calendar year they are in office, every coroner...
§ 45-16-7. Appointment of Deputy Coroners; Oath, Bond, Fees, Powers, and Qualifications - History. Code 1933, §§ 21-102.1, 21-108, enacted by Ga. L....
§ 45-16-8. Service of Process When Sheriff Disqualified - If any person makes an affidavit stating (1) that a...
§ 45-16-9. Fees - History. Laws 1792, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 352; Ga. L....
§ 45-16-10. Furnishing Information to Out-of-State Coroners - Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person...
§ 45-16-11. Compensation of County Coroners; Increases; Calculation; Supplements; Expenses - Click to view Population Minimum Salary 0 — 11,889 $...
§ 45-16-11.1. Compensation of County Coroners for Inmate Deaths in State Correctional Institutions - In addition to the minimum salary provided for in Code...
§ 45-16-11.2. Monthly Contingent Expense Allowance for the Operation of the Office of Coroner - In addition to any salary, fees, or expenses now or...
Article 2 - Death Investigations
§ 45-16-20. Short Title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 45-16-21. Definitions - As used in this article, the term: (1.1) “Chief medical...
§ 45-16-22. Medical Examiners’ Inquiries — Facilities, Persons Authorized to Perform Inquiries, Payment of Fees, Jurisdiction, and Clerical and Secretarial Assistance - (f.1) When death occurs in a hospital as a direct...
§ 45-16-23. Delegation of Power by Coroner or County Medical Examiner; Qualifications of Those Authorized to Perform Examinations - History. Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 24;...
§ 45-16-24. Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; Court Ordered Medical Examiner’s Inquiry; Written Report of Inquiry - History. Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 8;...
§ 45-16-25. Coroner’s or County Medical Examiner’s Duties After Notice of Suspicious or Unusual Death; Embalmment; Inventory and Disposition of Deceased’s Property; Use of Deceased’s Property for Evidence; Autopsy Required - History. Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 9;...
§ 45-16-25.1. Releasing Remains of Deceased to Next of Kin; Exception - A dead body, other than skeletal remains, taken into custody...
§ 45-16-26. Assumption of Duties by Medical Examiner in Absence of Coroner or Deputy Coroner; Signing of Death Certificates - When there is no coroner or deputy coroner in a...
§ 45-16-27. When Inquest to Be Held; Special Situations; Coroner’s Fee; Issuance of Subpoenas; Cost of Copying; Limited Disclosure of Photographs - (D.1) In cases of deaths resulting from an accident involving...
§ 45-16-27.1. Medical Examination of Unexpected or Unexplained Death of Person Under Seven Years of Age - History. Code 1981, § 45-16-27.1 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 45-16-28. Performance of Autopsy When Not Required Under Code Section 45-16-24 - In the case of death of any person under such...
§ 45-16-29. Removal of Body Generally - No person shall move or authorize the removal of any...
§ 45-16-30. Transport of Body Across State Line - No person shall move or transport a body across a...
§ 45-16-31. Authorization of Removal of Body for Convenience of Examination; Investigation of Premises Before Removal - When the deceased body lies in a place inconvenient for...
§ 45-16-32. Report of Examination and Investigation; Maintenance of Copies; Verification of Foul Play by Forensic Laboratory; Transmittal of Copies of Reports to District Attorneys - The medical examiner and coroner shall complete a report of...
§ 45-16-33. Coroner to Make Inquest Upon Completion of Examination and Verification - Upon the completion of the medical examiner’s inquiry by the...
§ 45-16-34. Issuance of Subpoenas; Administration of Oath to Witnesses - The evidence that you shall give this inquest on behalf...
§ 45-16-35. Coroner to Require Material Witnesses to Enter Into Recognizance; Petition for Issuance of Warrant for Arrest of Suspected Person - If the inquest discloses facts which lead or may lead...
§ 45-16-36. Impaneling of Jury to Hold Inquest; Compensation of Jurors - The coroner shall summon and impanel five jurors and one...
§ 45-16-37. When Jury to Be Impaneled; Jury Not Required to View Body - No coroner’s jury shall be impaneled until the investigation is...
§ 45-16-38. Issuance of Precept to Sheriff to Summon Inquest Jury; Form - Whenever a coroner receives notice of the death of any...
§ 45-16-39. Oath for Foreperson and Jury of Inquest - You, as foreman of the inquest, shall diligently inquire and...
§ 45-16-40. Coroner’s Charge to Jury; Power of Jury - and all of the circumstances relating to the death. History....
§ 45-16-41. Defaulting Juror to Be Fined by Coroner - Any juror failing to attend and serve on a coroner’s...
§ 45-16-42. Offering in Evidence of Results of Examination - In all inquests the results of the medical examiner’s inquiry...
§ 45-16-44. Disposition of Bodies After Examination and Inquest; Payment of Burial Expenses From Deceased’s Estate - After the medical examiner’s inquiry and inquest have been completed,...
§ 45-16-45. Authority of Coroners and Medical Examiners to Disinter Bodies - In order to implement this article, coroners are authorized to...
§ 45-16-46. Obtaining Blood Sample When Person Unable to Consent; Analysis of Blood Specimens; Certified Report - When any person has been admitted to a hospital or...
§ 45-16-47. Penalty for Violation of Article - Except as provided in Code Section 45-16-30, any person who...
§ 45-16-48. Coroner’s Employment of Court Reporter - A coroner may be authorized to employ, at his discretion,...
§ 45-16-49. Fees - The fees heretofore authorized to be paid in cases arising...
§ 45-16-50. Providing Biological Substances to Canine Instructors or Schools - A medical examiner within the state of Georgia is authorized...
§ 45-16-51. Interment of Unidentified Human Remains; Disinterment for Identification - History. Code 1981, § 45-16-51 , enacted by Ga. L....
Article 3 - Georgia Coroner’s Training Council
§ 45-16-60. Short Title - This article shall be known as “The Georgia Coroner’s Training...
§ 45-16-61. Definitions - As used in this article, the term: History. Code 1981,...
§ 45-16-62. Council Established; Membership; Terms of Office; Curriculum Advisory Committee; Filling of Vacancies - History. Code 1981, § 45-16-62 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 45-16-63. Oath of Office; Issuance of Certificates of Appointment - Immediately and before entering upon the duties of office, the...
§ 45-16-64. Council Officers; Quorum; Record Keeping; Annual Reports - History. Code 1981, § 45-16-64 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 45-16-65. Powers and Duties of Council Generally - The council is vested with the following functions, powers, and...
§ 45-16-66. Annual Training Requirement for Certified Coroners; Fees - History. Code 1981, § 45-16-66 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 45-16-67. Actions to Restrain Violations of This Article - On its own initiative or on the verified complaint of...
Article 4 - Office of Medical Examiner
§ 45-16-80. Abolition of Office of Coroner; Qualifications, Appointment, Compensation, Powers, and Duties of Medical Examiners - History. Code 1981, § 45-16-80 , enacted by Ga. L....