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RCW Sections

• 36.24.010  To act as sheriff under certain conditions.
• 36.24.020  Inquests.
• 36.24.030  Penalty for nonattendance of juror.
• 36.24.040  Duty of coroner's jury -- Oath.
• 36.24.050  Power to summon witnesses -- Subpoenas.
• 36.24.060  Power to employ physician or surgeon -- Compensation.
• 36.24.070  Verdict of jury.
• 36.24.080  Testimony reduced to writing in certain cases and witnesses recognized.
• 36.24.090  Procedure where accused is under arrest.
• 36.24.100  Procedure where accused is at large -- Warrant of arrest.
• 36.24.110  Form of warrant.
• 36.24.120  Service of warrant.
• 36.24.130  Property of deceased.
• 36.24.140  Duty of treasurer.
• 36.24.150  Delivery to representatives.
• 36.24.155  Undisposed of remains -- Entrusting to funeral homes or mortuaries.
• 36.24.160  District judge may act as coroner.
• 36.24.170  Coroner not to practice law.
• 36.24.175  Coroner not to be owner or employee of funeral home or mortuary -- Counties with populations of forty thousand or more.
• 36.24.180  Audit of coroner's account.
• 36.24.190  Medical examiner -- When authorized -- Election -- Qualifications for appointment.

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 70.58 RCW. Labor disputes, arbitration of, service of process by: RCW 49.08.030. State hospitals for the mentally ill, report of death of patient in, given coroner: RCW 72.23.190. Vehicle of as emergency vehicle: RCW 46.04.040.