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2023 Revised Code of Washington
Title 36 - Counties
Chapter 36.24 - County Coroner.
- 36.24.010 - To act as sheriff under certain conditions.
- 36.24.020 - Inquests—Jury—Venue—Payment of costs.
- 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—Delivery of findings to the prosecuting attorney.
- 36.24.110 - Form 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—Indigenous persons remains.
- 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.
- 36.24.200 - Subpoena for production—Authority.
- 36.24.205 - Medicolegal forensic investigation training required.
- 36.24.210 - Accreditation 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.
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