29 chapters · 777 sections in this title.
Ala. Code § 15-4-1 Duty of Coroner to Take Sworn Statement on Death; Direction to Summon Jury; Service, Compensation, and Oath of Jurors
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(a) When a coroner has been informed that a person has been killed or suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground for belief that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he must forthwith make inquiry of the facts and ci…
Ala. Code § 15-4-10 Money and Property of Deceased to Be Delivered to County Treasurer; Exception; Disposition of Property and Proceeds Therefrom
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(a) Within 30 days after an inquest on a dead body, the coroner must deliver to the county treasurer any money or other property which may be found on the body, unless claimed in the meantime by the legal representatives of the deceased. If he fails to do so, the treasurer may pr…
Ala. Code § 15-4-2 Examination of Body and Report by Coroner; Postmortem, Autopsy or Internal Examination of Body and Report by Physician or Surgeon
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(a) When a coroner has been informed that a person is dead in the county and that such person died without being attended or examined by a legally qualified physician, the coroner shall forthwith proceed to the place where the dead person is lying, examine the dead body to ascert…
Ala. Code § 15-4-3 Subpoenas for Witnesses; Witnesses to Be Summoned and Examined
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In an inquest under this chapter, the coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses returnable forthwith or at such time and place as he may appoint. He must summon and examine as a witness any person who, in his opinion or that of any of the jury, has any knowledge of the facts; and…