Alabama Code 11-5-10. Special coroner – Appointment

The judge of probate has authority to appoint a special coroner:

(1) When the coroner has not qualified or the office is vacant and the emergency requires such officer;

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(2) When the coroner is absent from the county, having no deputy therein;

(3) When the coroner is imprisoned; or,

(4) When the sheriff and coroner are both parties or both interested.