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Autopsies And Inquest On The Dead
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Section
17-7-10
Coroners or solicitors shall order autopsies; autopsy to be ordered upon death of persons in penal institutions.
Section
17-7-15
Return of body after autopsy or medical examination.
Section
17-7-20
Requirement of preliminary examination before formal inquest; issuance of burial permit, conclusion of inquiry or formal inquest.
Section
17-7-25
Autopsy on unidentified body; preservation of DNA samples.
Section
17-7-30
Findings on preliminary examination and filing of evidence.
Section
17-7-40
Fees for preliminary examination.
Section
17-7-70
Jurisdiction of coroners to take inquests.
Section
17-7-80
Duties of coroner concerning motor vehicle, swimming, or boating accident deaths.
Section
17-7-90
Persons subject to jury duty are liable to serve on an inquest.
Section
17-7-100
Mode of summoning a jury.
Section
17-7-110
Procedures to be followed by person directed to summon jury; compensation.
Section
17-7-120
Form of warrant to summon jury.
Section
17-7-130
Execution and return of warrant; officer or juror subject to penalty for failure to perform.
Section
17-7-140
Number of jurors and oath.
Section
17-7-150
Coroner shall charge jury.
Section
17-7-160
Inquiry in case of suicide.
Section
17-7-170
Coroner's power to issue warrants and to summon and examine witnesses.
Section
17-7-175
Coroner's power to issue subpoena duces tecum.
Section
17-7-180
Disregard of summons or refusal to testify.
Section
17-7-190
Coroner may punish for contempt.
Section
17-7-200
Coroner's power to adjourn the jury and bind jurors.
Section
17-7-210
Supplying places of absent jurors.
Section
17-7-220
Oath of witnesses.
Section
17-7-230
Coroner shall take testimony in writing and bind over or commit witnesses.
Section
17-7-240
Duty to render verdict; form.
Section
17-7-250
Form of conclusion of inquisition where deceased was wilfully killed.
Section
17-7-260
Form of conclusion of inquisition where death was not wilful but by the hands of another.
Section
17-7-270
Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by self-murder.
Section
17-7-280
Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by means unknown.
Section
17-7-290
Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by mischance.
Section
17-7-300
Form of attestation clause; signature to inquisition.
Section
17-7-310
Return of inquisition and evidence to clerk.
Section
17-7-320
Endorsement on return of inquisition and evidence.
Section
17-7-330
Coroner's Book of Inquisitions.
Section
17-7-340
Compensation and mileage allowed coroner's jurors.
Section
17-7-510
Penalty for burying body without notice or inquiry.
Section
17-7-520
Order to take up buried body on suspicion of violent death; examination.
Section
17-7-530
Record of body long dead and buried or improperly kept.
Section
17-7-610
Warrant in case of wilful killing.
Section
17-7-620
Form of warrant in case of wilful killing.
Section
17-7-630
Commitment of person named in warrant in case of wilful killing.
Section
17-7-640
Sheriff and jailers are required to keep persons committed.
Section
17-7-650
Binding over person who killed another by mischance and witnesses.
Section
17-7-660
Report by county coroner to Governor in certain homicide cases.
Section
17-7-670
Report by coroners and magistrates to Public Service Commission in case of railroad accident.