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Chapter 36.24 RCW

COUNTY CORONER

RCW Sections

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