§ 45-16-6. Participation in Training Course
During every calendar year they are in office, every coroner and deputy coroner shall be required, as a condition of continuing to serve as coroner, to take a training course approved by the Georgia Coroner’s Training Council pursuant to Code Section 45-16-66. Any coroner or deputy coroner taking the approved training course provided by the […]
§ 45-16-7. Appointment of Deputy Coroners; Oath, Bond, Fees, Powers, and Qualifications
As soon as practicable after July 1, 1980, and at the beginning of each term of the coroner thereafter, the coroner of each county shall appoint a deputy coroner or coroners as provided in this Code section. A deputy coroner shall be appointed for each county, and one or more additional deputy coroners may be […]
§ 45-16-8. Service of Process When Sheriff Disqualified
If any person makes an affidavit stating (1) that a sheriff is disqualified from acting in any proceeding, which disqualification was not apparent at the outset of the proceeding, or (2) that a sheriff or his deputy refuses to serve a writ or other process, then the clerk of the court from which the process […]
§ 45-16-9. Fees
When performing the duties of a sheriff, the coroner’s fees are the same as a sheriff’s. This Code section shall not be construed to repeal or preempt any local Act or general Act of local application which places any coroner upon an annual salary or authorizes any coroner to receive fees in excess of those […]
§ 45-16-10. Furnishing Information to Out-of-State Coroners
Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this state shall be available to a coroner of another state if such person was injured in, a resident of, or buried in the county of such coroner in such other state or […]
§ 45-16-11. Compensation of County Coroners; Increases; Calculation; Supplements; Expenses
Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the minimum annual salary of each coroner in any of the counties in this state in the following population brackets shall be fixed according to the population of the county in which he or she serves, as determined by the United States decennial census of 1990 or any […]
§ 45-16-11.1. Compensation of County Coroners for Inmate Deaths in State Correctional Institutions
In addition to the minimum salary provided for in Code Section 45-16-11, in any county which is the site of more than one state correctional institution or prison for adults or juveniles and which compensates the county coroner by salary, the state shall compensate the county coroner in the amount of $110.00 for each state […]
§ 45-16-11.2. Monthly Contingent Expense Allowance for the Operation of the Office of Coroner
In addition to any salary, fees, or expenses now or hereafter provided by law, the governing authority of each of the counties in this state in the following population bracket is authorized to provide as contingent expenses for the operation of the office of coroner, and payable from county funds, a monthly expense allowance of […]
§ 45-16-1. Election, Commission, Removal; Qualifications; Affidavit of Qualification
Coroners are elected, commissioned, and removed as are clerks of the superior courts; and coroners shall hold their offices for four years. No person shall be eligible to offer for election to or to hold the office of coroner unless he or she: Is a citizen of the United States; Is a resident of the […]
§ 45-16-2. Appointment of Coroners Where Coroners Not Elected; Filling Vacancies
Whenever an election fails to fill the office of coroner, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve as the coroner until a successor is duly elected in a special election which shall be held at the time of the next general election to serve out the remainder of the unexpired […]