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.