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45-43-60
Section 45-43-60 Compensation; expense allowances. (a) In Lowndes County, the coroner shall
be entitled to receive remuneration in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) in each case for
holding an inquest, when ordered by the judge of a court of record or for investigation and
certification of the cause of death when no jury is summoned or postmortem examination made
by a physician or surgeon as provided by Section 12-19-193. In addition to the amounts listed
herein, the coroner shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars
($400) per month. The compensation provided for by this subsection shall be paid from the
county general fund. The expense allowance provided by this subsection shall be in addition
to any other compensation or expense allowance provided by law. (b)(1) In Lowndes County,
the coroner shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of
ten dollars ($10) per body examined to be paid out of the county general fund. This...
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11-5-30
Section 11-5-30 Legislative findings; construction. (a) The Legislature hereby finds, determines,
and declares all of the following: (1) An unattended and sudden death is one of society's
most tragic events and should receive the appropriate caring, competent, and thorough attention
of all levels of government. (2) A suspicious, sudden, or violent death is very difficult
to investigate and to accurately determine the cause and manner of death for the death certificate.
(3) Medical examiners and coroners determine the cause of death and with other forensic scientists
and investigators determine the manner of death. (4) Death certificates issued on unattended,
sudden, and violent deaths greatly impact government spending decisions, the living loved
ones, and insurance decisions so that the accuracy of the death certificate is of great concern
to the Legislature. (5) There are currently no minimum standards of training for county coroners.
(6) Local coroners or non-physician death...
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12-19-193
Section 12-19-193 Fees for inquest; fees, etc., for postmortem examinations; payment of fees
to coroners for services rendered in discharging duties of sheriff. (a) Fees for holding inquest
shall be paid out of the county treasury, when the inquest has been held under the order of
a judge of a court of record or district attorney, and such fees must be also certified by
the coroner to the clerk of the circuit court of the county and must be taxed as costs against
any person who is convicted for killing the person on whose body the inquest was held and
be collected like other costs in criminal cases and, when collected in cases in which the
county has paid the same, shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the county
and, in other cases, to the coroner. (b) No fees shall be paid for an inquest when it is publicly
known before the jury is summoned who caused the death of the deceased or when the slayer
has been arrested for the homicide; but, in such case, if the immediate...
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45-20-60
Section 45-20-60 Compensation. The Coroner of Covington County, Alabama, shall be entitled
to a fee of thirty dollars ($30) for each inquest or other investigation and certification
of the cause of death and twenty-five cents ($0.25) for each mile traveled in the performance
of his or her duties. Any such fees shall be in lieu of the fees previously authorized by
law. (Act 85-439, p. 408, §1.)...
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45-49-171.74
Section 45-49-171.74 Transfer of title to property; disposition of funds. Upon July 22, 1987,
title and control of all equipment in the Mobile County Coroner's office shall be transferred
by Mobile County to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The Alabama Department of
Forensic Sciences shall receive also, on an annual basis, all funds appropriated by the county
commission for the coroner's office. Such appropriation shall be the amount agreed to between
the county governing body and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences each year, but shall
not be less than the amount appropriated to the coroner's office in the county's 1986-87 fiscal
year budget. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall utilize all such funds to support
death investigation in Mobile County. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 15.)...
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34-13-121
Section 34-13-121 Cremation procedures; authorization; identification of remains; records.
(a) Human remains shall not be cremated under either of the following circumstances: (1) Within
24 hours after the time of death, unless death was a result of an infectious, contagious,
or communicable disease and unless the disease is verified and the time requirement waived
by a medical examiner, county health director, county coroner, or attending physician where
the death occurred. (2) Without a completed cremation authorization form approved by the board
and signed by the authorizing agent and a completed state identification form. A copy of the
cremation authorization shall be presented with the body to the crematory before any cremation
process may be initiated. (b) All cremations of human remains performed in this state shall
be arranged through a funeral establishment licensed by the board pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Whenever a crematory is unable or unauthorized to cremate human...
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45-34-60
Section 45-34-60 Remuneration. In Henry County, the coroner shall be entitled to receive remuneration
in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) in each case for holding an inquest, when ordered by
the judge of a court of record or for investigation and certification of the cause of death
when no jury is summoned or postmortem examination made by a physician or surgeon as provided
by Section 12-19-193; provided, however, the remuneration shall not be less than two hundred
dollars ($200) per month. In addition to the amounts listed herein, the coroner shall receive
travel expenses in such an amount as may be set by the county commission in going to and returning
from each such investigation. The compensation provided for by this section shall be paid
from the county general fund. (Act 90-434, p. 598, §1.)...
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9-11-21
Section 9-11-21 Investigation of hunting deaths by grand jury; reporting of such accidents.
(a) Any hunting accident involving a gun or bow and arrow when such accident results in death
and when such death is caused by one person against another, upon the recommendation of the
conservation department, shall be investigated by the grand jury of the county in which said
death occurs. (b) All accidents referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be reported
by the law enforcement agency chiefly involved in the investigation of said death to the office
of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources within 72 hours of said death, by the coroner and the sheriff's
department of the county in which the death occurred. (Acts 1987, No. 87-730, p. 1423, §§1,
2.)...
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45-49-110.04
Section 45-49-110.04 Deputy registrars; monthly meetings; monthly and annual reports. (a) In
Mobile County, in addition to any and all other laws relating to voter registration, there
shall be at least two additional deputy registrars from each ward or precinct in each legislative
House and Senate district within the county, one appointed upon the recommendation of the
senator and one appointed upon the recommendation of the House member from each district.
The only requirement for such deputy registrars, shall be that each is a registered voter
of Mobile County. They shall be volunteers who serve without pay and the term for each volunteer
deputy registrar shall run concurrently with terms of the members of the board of registrars
and shall otherwise operate under Act 84-389. (b) The Board of Registrars of Mobile County
shall hold regular monthly meetings in the Mobile County Courthouse the first Monday of each
month at a time to be set by a majority of the board, which shall be...
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22-19-182
Section 22-19-182 Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction
of coroner or medical examiner. (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner
or medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information,
and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction
of the coroner or medical examiner. Specific operational details regarding visitation, referral
methods, recovery logistics, and efforts to minimize interruptions to the operations of the
coroner and/or medical examiner will be established in the protocols referenced in Section
22-19-181 (d). Section 164.512 of the Health Information Portability and Protection Act, enacted
1996, specifies that a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to
organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or
transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissues for the...
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