45-27-60.09
Section 45-27-60.09 Persons in county having knowledge of certain deaths. Any person in the
county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section
45-27-60.04 shall promptly report the death to the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County
or to any law enforcement agency that in turn shall promptly report the death to the County
Medical Examiner of Escambia County. Each death reportable to the county medical examiner
shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent,
delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains until authorized
by the county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving the body or remains from
loss or destruction. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who knowingly fails to
make the report or withholds related medical or other evidence, or willfully alters the body
or related evidence without authority of the county medical examiner...
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45-49-171.68
Section 45-49-171.68 Reporting of death; violations. It shall be the duty of any person in
the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section
45-49-171.63 to report such death promptly to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County
or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly report the same to the County
Medical Examiner of Mobile County. Deaths reportable to the county medical examiner must be
reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent, delayed,
or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains until authorized by the
county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss
or destruction. Any person who knowingly fails to make such report or withholds related medical
or other evidence, or willfully alters the body or related evidence without authority of the
county medical examiner and outside the exceptions stated, shall be...
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45-2-61.08
Section 45-2-61.08 Duty to report deaths; alteration of body evidence prohibited. It shall
be the duty and responsibility of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death
occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-2-61.03 to report such death promptly
to the Baldwin County Coroner or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly
report the same to the Baldwin County Coroner. Deaths reportable to the Baldwin County Coroner
shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent,
delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains or evidence on
the body until authorized by the Baldwin County Coroner or his or her designee except for
the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss or destruction. No person shall knowingly
fail to make such report or withhold related medical or other evidence, or willfully alter
the body or related evidence without the authority of the county...
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45-49-171.64
Section 45-49-171.64 Authority of medical examiner in death investigations. While investigating
a death hereunder, the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County shall be authorized to take
charge of the dead body, and he, she, or a law enforcement officer having jurisdiction, or
the medical examiner's legal designee, may take possession and examine or have examined related
physical evidence on or about the body at the scene as may be useful in establishing identity
of the deceased or the cause, manner, and circumstances of death, or both. The county medical
examiner shall examine the body and take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever tissues,
biological fluids, or other evidence from the body he or she deems necessary to determine
the cause, manner, and circumstances of death and the identity of the deceased. (Act 87-525,
p. 794, § 5.)...
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45-27-60.12
Section 45-27-60.12 Death investigation reports. The county medical examiner shall maintain
the reports of death investigations conducted by the Escambia County Medical Examiner and
a copy shall be forwarded to the Region IV Laboratory of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences. These reports, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner
or the director of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Escambia County,
with or without testimony by the county medical examiner or Department of Forensic Sciences
officials, provided, any person preparing a report given in evidence pursuant to this article
may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the cause. (Act
97-571, p. 1010, §13.)...
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45-2-61.05
Section 45-2-61.05 County coroner or state medical examiner may take charge of bodies. While
conducting a coroner's investigation of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or state
medical examiner shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and he or she or a law
enforcement officer having jurisdiction may take possession and examine or have examined related
physical evidence on or about the body at the scene as may be useful in establishing identity
of the deceased or the cause, manner, and circumstances of death. The Baldwin County Coroner
is authorized to take or order the taking of certain tissues and fluids under Section 22-19-80.
When a state medical examiner takes charge of a body, he or she is authorized to take, retain,
and examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other evidence from the
body he or she deems necessary to determine the cause, manner, and circumstances of death
and the identity of the deceased. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess.,...
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45-49-171.65
Section 45-49-171.65 Issuance of death certificate. If after investigating a death, the county
medical examiner or his or her designated assistant, who shall be a physician licensed to
practice medicine in Alabama, is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or
omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical
examiner, or his or her designated assistant, may execute a death certificate in the form
required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as
prescribed by the State Health Department. If the deceased is unidentified, or if the county
medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or if the cause
of death is obscure, he, she, or a qualified pathologist, licensed to practice medicine in
Alabama and under his or her direction, shall further examine the body and take, retain, and
examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other...
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45-27-60.05
Section 45-27-60.05 Medical examiner's investigative authority. While investigating a death
pursuant to this article, the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall be authorized
to take charge of the dead body, and the medical examiner or a law enforcement officer having
jurisdiction, or the legal designee of the medical examiner, may take possession and examine
or have examined related physical evidence on or about the body at the scene as may be useful
in establishing identity of the deceased or the cause, manner, and circumstances of death.
The county medical examiner shall examine the body externally and take, retain, and examine
or have examined whatever biological fluids or other evidence from the body he or she deems
necessary to determine the cause, manner, and circumstances of death and the identity of the
deceased. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §6.)...
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45-27-60.06
Section 45-27-60.06 Execution of death certificate; circumstances requiring notice to Department
of Forensic Sciences. (a) After investigating a death, if the county medical examiner or the
designated assistant is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission
and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner,
or designated assistant, may execute a death certificate as required by law, and authorize
release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health
Department. (b) The county medical examiner shall contact the State Medical Examiner of Alabama
Forensic Sciences under the following circumstances: (1) If the deceased is unidentified.
(2) If the county medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission.
(3) If the cause of death is obscure. (c) The State Medical Examiner shall further examine
the body, take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever...
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45-49-171.67
Section 45-49-171.67 Personal effects on or about body. The County Medical Examiner of Mobile
County or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with the approval of the county
medical examiner shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify
the next of kin in regard to the death. Such personal effects may be retained as evidence
if deemed necessary or forthwith be returned to the next of kin. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 8.)...

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