45-45-171.01
Section 45-45-171.01 Cremation of deceased indigent person. (a)(1) The Madison County Commission
may provide for expenses of cremation of any deceased indigent person, if the deceased was
a resident of the county prior to his or her death, died without an estate, and has no relatives
residing in the county who are financially able to provide for the burial or cremation expenses
of the person. (2) The surviving spouse of the deceased person shall consent in writing to
the cremation by the county. (3) If there is no surviving spouse, any adult child of the deceased
person, if the adult child resides in the county, shall consent in writing to the cremation.
(4) If there is no surviving spouse or surviving adult child of the deceased residing in the
county, the agency referring the body and requesting the cremation may consent in writing
to the cremation. A referring agency acting in good faith pursuant to this section shall be
exempt from all civil and criminal liability regarding such...
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45-2-61
Section 45-2-61 Coroner's investigation. A coroner's investigation shall mean a process of
collecting pertinent information concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of an
individual, and background information, including all, but not limited to, medical information,
which may be helpful in determining the cause and manner of death, or the identification of
the deceased. A coroner's investigation does not include criminal investigation responsibilities.
(Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §1.)...
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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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45-49-171.66
Section 45-49-171.66 Autopsy or postmortem examination. (a) An autopsy or postmortem examination
may be performed by a county medical examiner, at the written direction of the district attorney
or his or her authorized representative, in any case in which the district attorney is conducting
a criminal investigation. (b) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a county
medical examiner, or his or her designated pathologist, when he or she suspects the death
was caused by a criminal act or omission, or the cause of death is obscure or in his or her
opinion, an autopsy is advisable and in the public interest. (c) In a death where the county
medical examiner does not deem it advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy be
performed, but the next of kin of the deceased requests that an autopsy be performed, the
state medical examiner, or a designated pathologist, may perform the autopsy and the cost
therefor shall be paid by the next of kin. (Act 87-525, p. 794, §...
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43-8-6
Section 43-8-6 Rules of evidence; evidence as to death or status; presumption of death. In
proceedings under this chapter the rules of evidence in courts of general jurisdiction including
any relating to simultaneous deaths, are applicable unless specifically displaced by the chapter.
In addition, the following rules relating to determination of death and status are applicable:
(1) A certified or authenticated copy of a death certificate purporting to be issued by an
official or agency of the place where the death purportedly occurred is prima facie proof
of the fact, place, date and time of death and the identity of the decedent; (2) A certified
or authenticated copy of any record or report of a governmental agency, domestic or foreign,
that a person is missing, detained, dead, or alive is prima facie evidence of the status and
of the dates, circumstances and places disclosed by the record or report; (3) A person who
is absent for a continuous period of five years, during which he has...
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15-4-7
Section 15-4-7 Rendition of verdict by jury and certification by inquisition; contents of inquisition.
After inspecting the body and hearing the evidence, a jury summoned under this chapter must
render its verdict and certify it by an inquisition in writing signed by it, setting forth
who the person is and when, where and by what means he came to his death and, if the death
was occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, who is guilty thereof; but if the
person, means or manner of his death or the person by whose act he came to his death are not
discovered by the evidence, the inquisition must so state, and if there is no evidence tending
to show that the deceased came to his death by the unlawful act of another, the inquisition
must also state that fact. (Code 1852, §817; Code 1867, §4368; Code 1876, §3996; Code 1886,
§4807; Code 1896, §4930; Code 1907, §7168; Code 1923, §4563; Code 1940, T. 15, §82.)...

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22-19-42
Section 22-19-42 Who may donate all, or part of, body; rights of donees. (a) Any individual
of sound mind and 18 years of age or older may give all, or any part of, his body for any
purposes specified in Section 22-19-43, the gift to take effect upon death. (b) Any of the
following persons, in order of priority stated, when persons in prior classes are not available
at the time of death, and in the absence of actual notice of contrary indications by the decedent
or actual notice of opposition by a member of the same or a prior class, may give all, or
any part of, the decedent's body for any purpose specified in Section 22-19-43: (1) The spouse;
(2) An adult son or daughter; (3) Either parent; (4) An adult brother or sister; (5) A guardian
of the person of the deceased at the time of his death; or (6) Any other person authorized
or under obligation to dispose of the body. (c) If the donee has actual notice of contrary
indications by the decedent or that a gift by a member of a class is...
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27-15-53
Section 27-15-53 Requirements for death master file comparisons. (a) An insurer shall perform
a comparison of its insureds' in-force life insurance policies, annuity contracts, and retained
asset accounts against a death master file, to identify potential death master file matches
of its insureds. Such comparison shall be completed by January 1, 2019. Thereafter, an insurer
shall maintain a program designed to compare each such policy, contract, or account with a
death master file no less frequently than every three years, it being the intent that insurers
fashion a program that best fits their business systems while at the same time protecting
consumers by assuring reasonable checks are being performed to identify unreported deaths.
For those potential death master file matches identified as a result of a death master file
comparison, the insurer shall do all of the following: (1) Within 90 days of a death master
file match: a. Complete a commercially reasonable effort, which shall be...
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11-51-72
Section 11-51-72 Procedure for recovery of taxes erroneously paid. Any person or his agent
or the heir or personal representative of such person who owns property subject to taxation
in said municipality and who, through a mistake or error in the assessment or collection of
taxes, has paid to the municipality through the county tax collector money that was not due
from him for taxes may file a petition with the council, board of commissioners, or other
governing body of said municipality asking that a warrant be drawn in his favor refunding
to him the money paid and received by the municipality. The council, board of commissioners,
or other governing body of said municipality shall examine into the facts and evidence offered
by the petitioner in support of the allegations of his petition and, if proper and full proof
of the same is made, the council, board of commissioners, or other governing body of said
municipality must allow said claim to the amount of municipal taxes received and...
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22-19-142
Section 22-19-142 Request for consent to an anatomical gift; request not required where anatomical
gift would not be suitable for use. (a) When death occurs in a hospital to a patient who has
not made an anatomical gift to take effect upon death, the hospital administrator, or designated
representative, shall request the person described in Section 22-19-42(b), in the order of
priority stated, when persons in prior classes are not available at the time of death, and
in the absence of actual notice of contrary indication by the decedent or one in a prior class,
to consent to the gift of organs of the decedent's body as an anatomical gift. (b) Where such
request is made, pursuant to this section, the request and its disposition shall be noted
in the patient's medical record. (c) Where, based upon medical criteria, such request would
not yield an anatomical gift which would be suitable for use, there is an authorized exception
to the request required by this section. (d) Where, based upon...
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