2021 Georgia Code
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 16 - Coroners
Article 2 - Death Investigations
§ 45-16-33. Coroner to Make Inquest Upon Completion of Examination and Verification
Upon the completion of the medical examiner's inquiry by the medical examiner, as provided in Code Section 45-16-24, and after verification by the division when such verification is required, the coroner shall then make an inquest into the death of such deceased person as provided in Code Section 45-16-27.
(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 10; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1009, § 7; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALThe Constitution of Georgia of 1983 does not affect the statutory authority of coroners to hold inquests. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-46.
Inquest and post-mortem not necessary.
- The provisions of O.C.G.A. § 45-16-27(a), relating to the necessity to taking inquests, have been construed as being somewhat limited by other sections of the Act, viz., O.C.G.A. §§ 45-16-24,45-16-25, and46-16-33, in that, an inquest and post-mortem would not be necessary when there is sufficient evidence to disclose the cause of death. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 21.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Coroners or Medical Examiners, § 7 et seq.
C.J.S.- 18 C.J.S., Coroners, § 9 et seq.
ALR.
- When holding of inquest or autopsy justified, 48 A.L.R. 1209.
