(1) A medical examiner or district attorney may, in any death requiring investigation, order samples of blood or urine taken for laboratory analysis. (2) When a death requiring an investigation as a result of a motor vehicle accident occurs within five hours after the accident and the deceased is over 13 years of age, a […]
(1) A medical examiner or district attorney may order an autopsy performed in any death requiring investigation. This authorization for an autopsy shall permit the pathologist to remove and retain body tissues or organs from the deceased for the purpose of the legal or medical determination of the manner or cause of death, or other […]
(1) No person shall bury or otherwise dispose of the body of a person whose death required investigation, without having first obtained a burial, cremation or reduction permit, or a report of death completed and signed by a medical examiner. (2) When a medical examiner investigates the death of a person whose body is not […]
(1) The medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, district attorney or sheriff may temporarily retain possession of any property found on the body or in the possession of the deceased that in the opinion of the medical examiner, medical-legal death investigator, district attorney or sheriff may be useful in establishing the cause or manner of death […]
(1) The district attorney for the county where the death occurs may order an inquest to obtain a jury finding of the cause and manner of death in any case requiring investigation. (2) For the purpose of conducting an inquest, the district attorney shall have the powers of a judicial officer as described by ORS […]
(1) The district attorney shall order the inquest to be held at a specified time and place and as provided in ORS 10.810 and 10.820 shall summon a jury of inquest to inquire into the cause and manner of death. (2) Upon receipt of a copy of the order of inquest, the sheriff shall select, […]
(1) The six members of the jury of inquest shall be sworn by the district attorney to: (a) Inquire into who the deceased person was, when and where the deceased person came to death, the cause of death and the manner of death. (b) Give a true verdict thereof according to the evidence produced during […]
(1) The jury shall give its verdict in writing, signed by its members, setting forth its findings from the evidence produced: (a) Who the deceased person was; (b) When and where the deceased person came to death; (c) The cause of death; and (d) The manner of death. (2) The verdict of a jury of […]
