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2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 72 - CORONERS, INQUESTS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
72.445 County or Commonwealth's attorney may petition court to order autopsy.

KY Rev Stat § 72.445 (2015) What's This?

Download as PDF 72.445 County or Commonwealth's attorney may petition court to order autopsy. In the event a coroner declines to order an autopsy or body exhumed for an autopsy, the county or Commonwealth's attorney may petition the District or Circuit Court having jurisdiction to order an autopsy. In granting or denying such request, the court shall determine whether or not reasonable grounds exist for believing that the decedent may have died as a result of a criminal act. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 13, effective June 17, 1978.

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