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22-19-80
Section 22-19-80 Authority of coroners, deputy coroners, State Toxicologist and law enforcement
officers; purpose of taking samples. (a) Each duly elected or appointed coroner in the State
of Alabama is authorized to withdraw and retain or direct the withdrawal and retention of
blood and/or urine from the dead body of a person who died unattended by a physician, or who
died under suspicious circumstances, or where there is reasonable cause to believe the person
died from unnatural and/or unlawful causes. (b) Each duly elected or appointed deputy coroner
shall have the same authority to withdraw and retain or direct the withdrawal and retention
of a blood and/or urine sample when acting for the coroner. (c) The State Toxicologist and
his designated or appointed assistants are authorized to withdraw and retain or direct the
withdrawal and retention of blood and/or urine from the dead body of a person who died unattended
by a physician, or who died under suspicious circumstances, or where...
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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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15-21-20
Section 15-21-20 Contesting of return; examination into imprisonment or detention; disposition
of detainee on adjournment of examination; forfeiture of bail. (a) The party on whose behalf
a writ of habeas corpus is sued out may deny any of the facts stated in the return and allege
any other facts which may be material in the case. (b) In a summary way, the court or judge
may examine into the cause of the imprisonment or detention, may hear the evidence adduced
and may adjourn the examination from time to time as the circumstances of the case may require
and, in the meantime, remand the party or commit him to the custody of the sheriff of the
county or place him under such other custody as his age or other circumstances may require,
or, if the character of the charge authorizes it, take bail from him in a sufficient amount
for his appearance from day to day until judgment is given. (c) If the party fails to appear,
as required by his undertaking, an entry of forfeiture must be endorsed...
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15-4-9
Section 15-4-9 Issuance and execution of arrest warrant for accused; appearance of accused
before judge. (a) If a jury summoned under this chapter finds that the deceased came to his
death by the act of another by unlawful means, the coroner may issue a warrant of arrest for
such person, which may be executed in the same manner as provided in Chapter 7 of this title.
(b) When arrested, the person must be brought before the district court of the county in which
the inquest was held, and the district court judge must proceed to examine the charge and
commit, bail or discharge the defendant as upon a warrant of arrest under the provisions of
such chapter. (Code 1852, §819; Code 1867, §4370; Code 1876, §3998; Code 1886, §4809;
Code 1896, §4932; Code 1907, §7170; Code 1923, §4565; Code 1940, T. 15, §84.)...
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17-4-6.1
Section 17-4-6.1 Investigation of registered voter reported to be deceased or a nonresident
of the precinct. (a) To facilitate the continuous maintenance of the computerized statewide
voter registration list, each county board of registrars shall investigate written reports
from a family member of an elector, the inspector of an election precinct, the judge of probate,
the sheriff, and the clerk of the circuit court that an elector registered to vote in a precinct
has died or become a nonresident of the precinct in which he or she is registered to vote.
The inspector, judge of probate, sheriff, or clerk of the circuit court shall provide the
board of registrars, on a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of State, sufficient information
to identify the elector in the statewide voter file and a statement as to the source and nature
of the information upon which he or she believes a person is deceased or has become a nonresident
of the precinct in which he or she is registered to vote....
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used
therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money
benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery
which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery
of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation"
does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD
or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law
to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the
deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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45-37-60.07
Section 45-37-60.07 Duty to investigate certain deaths. Pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated
by the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission, it shall be the duty of the chief and associate
coroner-medical examiners to review or investigate and determine, the cause and manner of
any death, when such death may fall within one or more of the following categories subject
to the commission's power to change the categories: (1) Criminal violence or criminal neglect.
(2) Criminal abortion. (3) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea.
(4) Unclaimed bodies. (5) When a dead body is brought into this state without proper medical
certification. (6) Accident, when requested by surviving spouse, if any, or next of kin. (7)
Unexpected death while under anesthesia or within 24 hours following anesthesia, or any other
diagnostic or therapeutic procedure with the written permission of the surviving spouse or
next of kin. (8) In any prison or penal institution. (9) When in...
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6-5-551
Section 6-5-551 Complaint to detail circumstances rendering provider liable; discovery. In
any action for injury, damages, or wrongful death, whether in contract or in tort, against
a health care provider for breach of the standard of care, whether resulting from acts or
omissions in providing health care, or the hiring, training, supervision, retention, or termination
of care givers, the Alabama Medical Liability Act shall govern the parameters of discovery
and all aspects of the action. The plaintiff shall include in the complaint filed in the action
a detailed specification and factual description of each act and omission alleged by plaintiff
to render the health care provider liable to plaintiff and shall include when feasible and
ascertainable the date, time, and place of the act or acts. The plaintiff shall amend his
complaint timely upon ascertainment of new or different acts or omissions upon which his claim
is based; provided, however, that any such amendment must be made at...
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22-9A-1
Section 22-9A-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEAD BODY. A human
body or parts of the human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded
that death occurred. (2) FETAL DEATH. Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction
from the mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy
and which is not an induced termination of pregnancy. The death is indicated by the fact that
after the expulsion or extraction the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of
life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement
of voluntary muscles. Heartbeats are to be distinguished from transient cardiac contractions;
respirations are to be distinguished from fleeting respiratory efforts or gasps. (3) FILE.
The presentation of a vital record provided for in this chapter for...
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6-5-771
Section 6-5-771 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) INDICIA OF IDENTITY.
Include those attributes of a person that serve to identify that person to an ordinary, reasonable
viewer or listener, including, but not limited to, name, signature, photograph, image, likeness,
voice, or a substantially similar imitation of one or more of those attributes. (2) PERSON.
A natural person or a deceased natural person who at any time resided in this state or died
while in this state or whose estate is, or was, probated in any county in this state. (3)
RIGHT OF PUBLICITY. There is a right of publicity in any indicia of identity, both singular
and plural, of every person, whether or not famous, which right endures for the life of the
person and for 55 years after his or her death, whether or not the person commercially exploits
the right during his or her lifetime. The right is freely...
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