Article 2 - DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
- Section 45-16-20 - Short title
- Section 45-16-21 - Definitions
- Section 45-16-22 - Medical examiners' inquiries - Facilities, persons authorized to perform inquiries, payment of fees, jurisdiction, and clerical and secretarial assistance
- Section 45-16-23 - Delegation of power by coroner or county medical examiner; qualifications of those authorized to perform examinations
- Section 45-16-24 - Notification of suspicious or unusual deaths; court ordered medical examiner's inquiry; written report of inquiry
- Section 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
- Section 45-16-25.1 - Releasing remains of deceased to next of kin; exception
- Section 45-16-26 - Assumption of duties by medical examiner in absence of coroner or deputy coroner; signing of death certificates
- Section 45-16-27 - When inquest to be held; special situations; coroner's fee; issuance of subpoenas; cost of copying; limited disclosure of photographs
- Section 45-16-27.1 - Medical examination of unexpected or unexplained death of person under seven years of age
- Section 45-16-28 - Performance of autopsy when not required under Code Section 45-16-24
- Section 45-16-29 - Removal of body generally
- Section 45-16-30 - Transport of body across state line
- Section 45-16-31 - Authorization of removal of body for convenience of examination; investigation of premises before removal
- Section 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
- Section 45-16-33 - Coroner to make inquest upon completion of examination and verification
- Section 45-16-34 - Issuance of subpoenas; administration of oath to witnesses
- Section 45-16-35 - Coroner to require material witnesses to enter into recognizance; petition for issuance of warrant for arrest of suspected person
- Section 45-16-36 - Impaneling of jury to hold inquest; compensation of jurors
- Section 45-16-37 - When jury to be impaneled; jury not required to view body
- Section 45-16-38 - Issuance of precept to sheriff to summon inquest jury; form
- Section 45-16-39 - Oath for foreperson and jury of inquest
- Section 45-16-40 - Coroner's charge to jury; power of jury
- Section 45-16-41 - Defaulting juror to be fined by coroner
- Section 45-16-42 - Offering in evidence of results of examination
- Section 45-16-43 - [Repealed] Receipt as evidence of records, findings, and reports of medical examiners' inquiries
- Section 45-16-44 - Disposition of bodies after examination and inquest; payment of burial expenses from deceased's estate
- Section 45-16-45 - Authority of coroners and medical examiners to disinter bodies
- Section 45-16-46 - Obtaining blood sample when person unable to consent; analysis of blood specimens; certified report
- Section 45-16-47 - Penalty for violation of article
- Section 45-16-48 - Coroner's employment of court reporter
- Section 45-16-49 - Fees
- Section 45-16-50 - Providing biological substances to canine instructors or schools
- Section 45-16-51 - Interment of unidentified human remains; disinterment for identification