Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 5. CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF STATE AND COUNTIES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-5-7. Sudden or unusual death of inmate.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Whenever any inmate dies suddenly or under unusual circumstances in any correctional institution, the warden or superintendent of that institution shall immediately notify the commissioner and shall also notify the coroner of the county in which the death occurs. The warden or superintendent is also directed to furnish the department with a copy of the findings of the coroner’s inquest, together with any other information available that would be of use to the commissioner in determining the cause of death.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 161, § 25.

Cross references

Reimbursement of counties for expenses of burial of inmates, § 36-12-5. Requirement of autopsy and inquest upon death of inmate occurring when physician not present or as a result of violence, § 45-16-27.

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