Chapter 979, INVESTIGATION OF DEATHS
16 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 979.01 Reporting deaths required; penalty; taking specimens by coroner or medical examiner
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979.01 Reporting deaths required; penalty; taking specimens by coroner or medical examiner. (1) All physicians, authorities of hospitals, sanatoriums, public and private institutions, convalescent homes, authorities of any institution of a like nature, and other persons having kn…
Wis. Stat. § 979.012 Reporting deaths of public health concern
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979.012 Reporting deaths of public health concern. (1) If a coroner or medical examiner is aware of the death of a person who, at the time of his or her death, had an illness or a health condition that satisfies s. 323.02 (16) (a) or if the coroner or medical examiner knows or su…
Wis. Stat. § 979.015 Subpoena for documents
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979.015 Subpoena for documents. Upon the request of the coroner, medical examiner or district attorney, a court shall issue a subpoena requiring the production of documents necessary for the determination of a decedent’s cause of death. The documents may include the decedent’s pa…
Wis. Stat. § 979.02 Autopsies
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979.02 Autopsies. The coroner, medical examiner or district attorney may order the conducting of an autopsy upon the body of a dead person any place within the state in cases where an inquest might be had as provided in s. 979.04 notwithstanding the fact that no such inquest is o…
Wis. Stat. § 979.025 Autopsy of correctional inmate
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979.025 Autopsy of correctional inmate. (1) INMATE CONFINED TO AN INSTITUTION IN THIS STATE. If an individual dies while he or she is in the legal custody of the department and confined to a correctional facility located in this state, the coroner or medical examiner of the count…
Wis. Stat. § 979.03 Autopsy for sudden infant death syndrome
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979.03 Autopsy for sudden infant death syndrome. If a child under the age of 2 years dies suddenly and unexpectedly under circumstances indicating that the death may have been caused by sudden infant death syndrome, the coroner or medical examiner shall notify the child’s parents…
Wis. Stat. § 979.04 Inquests: when called
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979.04 Inquests: when called. (1) If the district attorney has notice of the death of any person and there is reason to believe from the circumstances surrounding the death that felony murder, first-degree or 2nd-degree intentional homicide, first-degree or 2nd-degree reckless ho…
Wis. Stat. § 979.05 Inquests: procedure
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979.05 Inquests: procedure. Cross-reference: See definitions in s. 967.02.
Wis. Stat. § 979.06 Inquests: witnesses
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979.06 Inquests: witnesses. (1) The judge or circuit court commissioner may issue subpoenas for witnesses at the request of the coroner or medical examiner and shall issue subpoenas for witnesses requested by the district attorney. Subpoenas are returnable at the time and place s…
Wis. Stat. § 979.07 Incriminating testimony compelled; immunity
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979.07 Incriminating testimony compelled; immunity. (1) (a) If a person refuses to testify or to produce books, papers or documents when required to do so before an inquest for the reason that the testimony or evidence required of the person may tend to incriminate him or her or …
Wis. Stat. § 979.08 Inquests: instructions, burden of proof and verdict
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979.08 Inquests: instructions, burden of proof and verdict. (1) When the evidence is concluded and the testimony closed, the judge or circuit court commissioner shall instruct the jury on its duties and on the substantive law regarding the issues inquired into before the jury. Th…
Wis. Stat. § 979.09 Burial of body
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979.09 Burial of body. If any judge or circuit court commissioner conducts an inquest as to the death of a stranger or of a person whose identity is unknown or whose body is unclaimed or if the district attorney determines that no inquest into the death of such a person is necess…
Wis. Stat. § 979.10 Cremation
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979.10 Cremation. (1) (a) No person may cremate the corpse of a deceased person within 48 hours after the death, or the discovery of the death, of the deceased person unless the death was caused by a contagious or infectious disease. Notwithstanding s. 979.09, no person may crema…
Wis. Stat. § 979.11 Compensation of officers
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979.11 Compensation of officers. The sole compensation of the coroner and deputy coroners for attendance at an inquest and for any preliminary investigation under this chapter at the direction of the district attorney shall be a reasonable sum set by the county board for each day…
Wis. Stat. § 979.12 Fees for morgue services
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979.12 Fees for morgue services. A county board may establish a fee for the retention of a body at the morgue after the first day, not to exceed an amount reasonably related to the actual and necessary cost of retaining the body. This charge shall not apply to indigents. History:…
Wis. Stat. § 979.22 Autopsies and toxicological services by medical examiners
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979.22 Autopsies and toxicological services by medical examiners. A medical examiner may perform autopsies and toxicological services not required under this chapter and may charge a fee established by the county board for such autopsies and services. The fee may not exceed an am…