--- title: Title 45, Chapter 16. Coroners collection: code id: code:chapter:45-16 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/45/chapter/16 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-15.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-17.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: CORONERS title_heading: PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES section_count: 56 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16.md?full=1 --- # Title 45, Chapter 16. Coroners Title 45. Public Officers and Employees 56 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 45-16-1, Election, commission, removal; qualifications; affidavit of qualification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-1.md - 45-16-2, Appointment of coroners where coroners not elected; filling vacancies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-2.md - 45-16-3, Oath, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-3.md - 45-16-4, Bond generally; liability for moneys collected or failing to do duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-4.md - 45-16-5, Additional bond when acting for sheriff, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-5.md - 45-16-6, Participation in training course, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-6.md - 45-16-7, Appointment of deputy coroners; oath, bond, fees, powers, and qualifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-7.md - 45-16-8, Service of process when sheriff disqualified, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-8.md - 45-16-9, Fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-9.md - 45-16-10, Furnishing information to out-of-state coroners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-10.md - 45-16-11, Compensation of county coroners; increases; calculation; supplements; expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-11.md - 45-16-11.1, Compensation of county coroners for inmate deaths in state correctional institutions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-11.1.md - 45-16-11.2, Monthly contingent expense allowance for the operation of the office of coroner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-11.2.md - 45-16-20, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-20.md - 45-16-21, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-21.md - 45-16-22, Medical examiners’ inquiries — Facilities, persons authorized to perform inquiries, payment of fees, jurisdiction, and clerical and secretarial assistance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-22.md - 45-16-23, Delegation of power by coroner or county medical examiner; qualifications of those authorized to perform examinations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-23.md - 45-16-24, Notification of suspicious or unusual deaths; court ordered medical examiner’s inquiry; written report of inquiry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-24.md - 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, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-25.md - 45-16-25.1, Releasing remains of deceased to next of kin; exception, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-25.1.md - 45-16-26, Assumption of duties by medical examiner in absence of coroner or deputy coroner; signing of death certificates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-26.md - 45-16-27, When inquest to be held; special situations; coroner’s fee; issuance of subpoenas; cost of copying; limited disclosure of photographs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-27.md - 45-16-27.1, Medical examination of unexpected or unexplained death of person under seven years of age, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-27.1.md - 45-16-28, Performance of autopsy when not required under Code Section 45-16-24, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-28.md - 45-16-29, Removal of body generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-29.md - 45-16-30, Transport of body across state line, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-30.md - 45-16-31, Authorization of removal of body for convenience of examination; investigation of premises before removal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-31.md - 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, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-32.md - 45-16-33, Coroner to make inquest upon completion of examination and verification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-33.md - 45-16-34, Issuance of subpoenas; administration of oath to witnesses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-34.md - 45-16-35, Coroner to require material witnesses to enter into recognizance; petition for issuance of warrant for arrest of suspected person, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-35.md - 45-16-36, Impaneling of jury to hold inquest; compensation of jurors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-36.md - 45-16-37, When jury to be impaneled; jury not required to view body, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-37.md - 45-16-38, Issuance of precept to sheriff to summon inquest jury; form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-38.md - 45-16-39, Oath for foreperson and jury of inquest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-39.md - 45-16-40, Coroner’s charge to jury; power of jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-40.md - 45-16-41, Defaulting juror to be fined by coroner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-41.md - 45-16-42, Offering in evidence of results of examination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-42.md - 45-16-43, Receipt as evidence of records, findings, and reports of medical examiners’ inquiries, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-43.md - 45-16-44, Disposition of bodies after examination and inquest; payment of burial expenses from deceased’s estate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-44.md - 45-16-45, Authority of coroners and medical examiners to disinter bodies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-45.md - 45-16-46, Obtaining blood sample when person unable to consent; analysis of blood specimens; certified report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-46.md - 45-16-47, Penalty for violation of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-47.md - 45-16-48, Coroner’s employment of court reporter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-48.md - 45-16-49, Fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-49.md - 45-16-50, Providing biological substances to canine instructors or schools, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-50.md - 45-16-51, Interment of unidentified human remains; disinterment for identification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-51.md - 45-16-60, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-60.md - 45-16-61, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-61.md - 45-16-62, Council established; membership; terms of office; curriculum advisory committee; filling of vacancies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-62.md - 45-16-63, Oath of office; issuance of certificates of appointment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-63.md - 45-16-64, Council officers; quorum; record keeping; annual reports, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-64.md - 45-16-65, Powers and duties of council generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-65.md - 45-16-66, Annual training requirement for certified coroners; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-66.md - 45-16-67, Actions to restrain violations of this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-67.md - 45-16-80, Abolition of office of coroner; qualifications, appointment, compensation, powers, and duties of medical examiners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-80.md