Alabama Code 11-5-35. Certification of death
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-5-35
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Any coroner or deputy coroner shall have the authority to certify any death occurring within the boundaries of the State of Alabama providing that the offense, occurrence, or incident that ultimately resulted in the death occurs within the jurisdiction of the county coroner.