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Chapter 36.24 RCW

COUNTY CORONER

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RCW dispositions

Sections

HTMLPDF 36.24.010To act as sheriff under certain conditions.
HTMLPDF 36.24.020Inquests—Jury—Venue—Payment of costs.
HTMLPDF 36.24.030Penalty for nonattendance of juror.
HTMLPDF 36.24.040Duty of coroner's jury—Oath.
HTMLPDF 36.24.050Power to summon witnesses—Subpoenas.
HTMLPDF 36.24.060Power to employ physician or surgeon—Compensation.
HTMLPDF 36.24.070Verdict of jury.
HTMLPDF 36.24.080Testimony reduced to writing in certain cases and witnesses recognized.
HTMLPDF 36.24.090Procedure where accused is under arrest.
HTMLPDF 36.24.100Procedure where accused is at large—Delivery of findings to the prosecuting attorney.
HTMLPDF 36.24.110Form of warrant.
HTMLPDF 36.24.130Property of deceased.
HTMLPDF 36.24.140Duty of treasurer.
HTMLPDF 36.24.150Delivery to representatives.
HTMLPDF 36.24.155Undisposed of remains—Entrusting to funeral homes or mortuaries—Indigenous persons remains.
HTMLPDF 36.24.160District judge may act as coroner.
HTMLPDF 36.24.170Coroner not to practice law.
HTMLPDF 36.24.175Coroner not to be owner or employee of funeral home or mortuary—Counties with populations of forty thousand or more.
HTMLPDF 36.24.180Audit of coroner's account.
HTMLPDF 36.24.190Medical examiner—When authorized—Election—Qualifications for appointment.
HTMLPDF 36.24.200Subpoena for production—Authority.
HTMLPDF 36.24.205Medicolegal forensic investigation training required.
HTMLPDF 36.24.210Accreditation required.

Notes:

Action against, limitation on: RCW 4.16.080.
Cemetery districts: Chapter 68.52 RCW.
Dead bodies
coroner's jurisdiction over, when: RCW 68.50.010.
coroner's right to dissect, when: RCW 68.50.100.
Duties relating to
execution of judgment: Chapter 6.17 RCW.
human remains, generally: Chapter 68.50 RCW.
public cemetery and morgue, management: RCW 68.52.020.
reports of death caused in motor vehicle accidents: RCW 46.52.050.
successors, delivery of documents and property to: RCW 36.28.120.
vital statistics: Chapter 70.58A RCW.
Labor disputes, arbitration of, service of process by: RCW 49.08.030.
State hospitals for individuals with mental illness, report of death of patient in, given coroner: RCW 72.23.190.
Vehicle of as emergency vehicle: RCW 46.04.040.