Subject to the provisions of Sections 17-7-20 to 17-7-40 every coroner, within the county for which he has been elected or appointed, may take inquest of casual or violent deaths when the dead body is lying within his county. Provided, however, if a person is injured in one county but removed to another county for medical purposes, the coroner of the county where the injury occurred shall have jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-96; 1952 Code Section 17-96; 1942 Code Section 3561; 1932 Code Section 3561; Civ. C. '22 Section 2106; Civ. C. '12 Section 1285; Civ. C. '02 Section 887; G. S. 711; R. S. 758; 1839 (11) 72; 1874 (15) 529; 1911 (27) 160; 1969 (56) 93.