§ 58.010 Office of coroner (certain counties)
§ 58.020 Coroner, election — term of office (certain counties)
§ 58.030 Qualifications
§ 58.035 Coroner standards and training commission, members, terms, chairperson, ..
§ 58.040 Vacancy filled by governor
§ 58.050 Oath — bond
§ 58.060 Bond — sufficiency, how determined (certain counties)
§ 58.070 Failure to give bond — office vacated
§ 58.090 Salary in lieu of fees (certain second class counties)
§ 58.095 Compensation of county coroner — training program, attendance required, ..
§ 58.096 Compensation of deputy coroner, additional — training program, certification
§ 58.100 Fees (third and fourth class counties)
§ 58.120 Travel expense (counties of third and fourth classification)
§ 58.160 Deputies, appointment, compensation
§ 58.180 To be conservator of the peace
§ 58.190 To execute process when sheriff disqualified
§ 58.200 Coroner to perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant — additional ..
§ 58.205 Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner’s duties, when
§ 58.206 Special deputy coroner or special deputy medical examiner may be appointed, ..
§ 58.208 Death certificate fees, deposit in training fund — use of moneys — fund ..
§ 58.215 Coroner to file death certificates with registrar of vital statistics, when ..
§ 58.260 Coroner may issue warrant to summon coroner’s jury, when
§ 58.270 Sheriff to execute warrant
§ 58.280 Failure to execute warrant — penalty
§ 58.290 Failure of juror to appear — penalty
§ 58.300 Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors
§ 58.310 Charge to be given to jury by coroner
§ 58.320 Jury to remain together — exception
§ 58.330 Coroner to issue subpoenas
§ 58.340 Coroner to administer oath to witnesses
§ 58.350 Evidence to be reduced to writing
§ 58.360 Jury to deliver verdict in writing
§ 58.370 Death by felony — duty of coroner
§ 58.375 Reports of coroner (certain counties) — solicitation regarding funeral ..
§ 58.380 Coroner to issue a writ of attachment for witnesses, when
§ 58.390 Attachment, how served — fees to be paid, by whom
§ 58.400 Sheriff unable to execute duties, warrant may be directed to householder
§ 58.410 Witnesses — discharged, when — may be fined or imprisoned, when
§ 58.420 Coroner to notify witnesses to appear
§ 58.430 Witness attached may be discharged on bail
§ 58.440 Refusal to testify — penalty
§ 58.445 Deaths due to motor vehicle or motorized watercraft accidents — report ..
§ 58.449 Test results, how used, released, when
§ 58.451 Death to be reported and investigated by coroner, certain counties, ..
§ 58.452 Child’s death under age eighteen, notice to coroner by persons having ..
§ 58.455 Death certificate, how furnished, form, where filed, when (certain counties)
§ 58.457 Penalty for failure to report death (certain counties)
§ 58.460 Disposition of body a duty of coroner, when
§ 58.470 Death by poisoning — coroner may have analysis and examination made
§ 58.490 Unclaimed money or property found on deceased, turned over to public ..
§ 58.500 Duty of public administrator on receipt of money or property
§ 58.520 Fees of coroners
§ 58.530 Additional fees, when allowed
§ 58.540 Compensation for taking testimony
§ 58.550 Liability for costs
§ 58.560 Surgeon’s fee for postmortem examination, how paid
§ 58.570 Coroner to certify costs to county commission
§ 58.580 Costs and fees, when not allowed
§ 58.590 When costs to be paid by relatives
§ 58.600 Fraudulent charges — penalty
§ 58.610 Costs, when paid in advance
§ 58.620 Coroner’s duties as to costs
§ 58.700 Medical examiner appointed, certain counties — option for certain counties ..
§ 58.705 Qualifications, tenure — vacancy, how filled (certain counties)
§ 58.710 Assistant examiners and employees — appointment, compensation (certain ..
§ 58.715 Duties of medical examiner — prosecuting attorney to act as sheriff, when ..
§ 58.720 Medical examiner to investigate, certain counties, procedure — death ..
§ 58.722 Child’s death under age eighteen, notice to medical examiner by persons ..
§ 58.725 Autopsy, when — performed by whom — report filed (certain counties)
§ 58.730 Law enforcement officers to cooperate with medical examiner (certain counties)
§ 58.735 Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties)
§ 58.740 Records, contents, how kept (certain counties)
§ 58.745 Oaths, shall administer — examinations — affidavits (certain counties)
§ 58.750 Penalty for failing to supply information (certain counties)
§ 58.760 Election to adopt, when — form of ballot — transition provisions (certain ..
§ 58.765 Two or more counties may contract for medical examiner to serve them ..
§ 58.770 Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or ..
§ 58.775 Applicability of definitions
§ 58.780 Cooperation with procurement organization required — postmortem examination ..
§ 58.785 Release of decedent information to procurement organizations, when — ..

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  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
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  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
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  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
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  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.