22-9A-16
Section 22-9A-16 Authorization for final disposition. (a) The funeral director or person acting
as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall, prior to final disposition
of the body, or prior to removal of the dead body from the state, obtain authorization for
final disposition of the body or removal of the body from the state. The completion of the
medical certification of cause of death on the death certificate by the physician, county
medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner shall constitute authorization. If the
body is to be cremated or buried at sea, additional authorization shall be obtained from the
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner. (b) With the consent of the physician,
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner who is to certify the cause of
death, a dead body may be moved from the place of death for the purpose of being prepared
for final disposition. Prior to removing a dead body from the place...
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26-16-115
Section 26-16-115 Duties of county coroner or medical examiner. (a) In every case of SUID,
the county coroner or medical examiner shall be notified and cooperate and assist law enforcement
with the death investigation. (b) The county coroner or medical examiner shall obtain legal
authorization to send the infant to a forensic pathologist for examination. (c) The county
coroner or medical examiner shall contact the appropriate law enforcement personnel to conduct
a death investigation according to the protocol developed by the SUIDI Team. The investigation
shall be initiated within 24 hours of the time the appropriate law enforcement personnel is
contacted. (d) The county coroner or medical examiner shall send a copy of the SUIDI Team
approved investigative form to the forensic pathologist conducting the autopsy. (Act 2011-705,
p. 2184, §6.)...
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45-2-61.09
Section 45-2-61.09 Duty to notify next of kin and account for personal effects. The
county coroner or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with approval of the
county coroner shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body
and ascertain that the next of kin is notified in regard to the death. Such personal
effects may: (1) Be retained as evidence if deemed necessary, or (2) forthwith be returned
to the next of kin. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §10.)...
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45-27-60.10
Section 45-27-60.10 Subpoenas. The county medical examiner, or the State Medical Examiner,
or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences may issue subpoenas for the
production of medical documents, radiographs, tissues, fluids, or any other material thing
as may be required while investigating the death. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §11.)...
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12-19-192
Section 12-19-192 Coroners generally. (a) Coroners shall be entitled to the following fees:
(1) For going to and returning from the place where he holds an inquest, for each mile traveled
..... $.06 (2) For holding an inquest, when ordered by a judge of a court of record or by
the district attorney ..... 7.50 (3) For summoning a jury on inquest ..... 1.00 (4) For each
subpoena ..... .25 (5) For each warrant of arrest ..... .50 (6) For each bond or undertaking
returned to court ..... .50 (7) 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
in Section 12-19-193, $.06 for each mile traveled in going and returning, and $7.50 to be
paid from the county treasury. (8) For all services performed when discharging the duty of
the sheriff in cases authorized by law, the same fees that were allowed the sheriff for similar
services on December 18, 1973. (b) In no event shall the coroner be...
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22-9A-13
Section 22-9A-13 Reports of fetal death; reports of induced termination of pregnancy. (a) A
report of fetal death shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise
directed by the State Registrar, within five days after the occurrence is known if the fetus
has advanced to, or beyond, the twentieth week of uterogestation. (1) When a fetal death occurs
in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative
shall prepare and file the report. (2) When a fetal death occurs outside an institution, the
physician in attendance shall prepare and file the report. (3) When a fetal death occurs without
medical attendance, the county medical examiner, the state medical examiner, or the coroner
shall determine the cause of fetal death and shall prepare and file the report. (4) When a
fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance
in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and...
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45-2-61.07
Section 45-2-61.07 Hospital and medical records. While conducting a coroner's investigation
of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or a state medical examiner or the director
of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is authorized to issue subpoenas for the production
of pertinent medical records, radiographs, and biological tissues and fluids as may be required
by his or her investigation to determine the cause and manner of death. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp.
Sess., p. 78, §8.)...
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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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36-3-5
Section 36-3-5 Term of office of county tax assessors. There shall be elected at the general
election in November a tax assessor for each county in the state, who shall perform such duties
as are prescribed by law and whose term of office shall be six years from October 1 next after
his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Acts 1943, No. 113, p. 115,
§ 2.)...
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36-3-6
Section 36-3-6 Term of office of county tax collectors. There shall be elected at the general
election in November a tax collector for each county in the state, who shall perform such
duties as are prescribed by law and whose term of office shall be six years from October 1
next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Acts 1943, No.
114, p. 115, § 2.)...
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