152-1. Election; vacancies in office; appointment by clerk in special cases. In each county a coroner shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof in the same manner and at the same time as the election of members of the General Assembly, and shall hold office for a term of four years, or until his […]
152-10. Hearing by coroner in lieu of other preliminary hearing; habeas corpus. All hearings by a coroner and his jury, as provided herein, when the accused has been arrested and has participated in such hearing, shall be in lieu of any other preliminary hearing, and such cases shall be immediately sent to the clerk of […]
152-11. Service of process issued by coroner. All process, both subpoenas and warrants for the arrest of any person or persons, and orders for the summoning of a jury, in case it may appear necessary for such coroner to issue such order, shall be served by the sheriff or other lawful officer of the county […]
152-2. Oaths to be taken. Every coroner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to the oaths prescribed for public officers, and an oath of office. (Code, s. 661; Rev., s. 1048; C.S., s. 1015; Ex. Sess. 1924, c. 65.)
152-3. Coroner’s bond. Every coroner shall execute an undertaking conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office with good and sufficient surety in the penal sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), payable to the State of North Carolina, and approved by the board of county commissioners. (1791, c. 342, ss. 1, 2, […]
152-4. Coroners’ bonds registered; certified copies evidence. All official bonds of coroners shall be duly approved, certified, registered, and filed as sheriffs’ bonds are required to be; and certified copies of the same duly certified by the register of deeds, with official seal attached, shall be received and read in evidence in the like cases […]
152-5. Fees of coroners. Fees of coroners shall be the same as are or may be allowed sheriffs in similar cases: For holding an inquest over a dead body, five dollars ($5.00); if necessarily engaged more than one day, for each additional day, five dollars ($5.00). For burying a pauper over whom an inquest has […]
152-6. Powers, penalties, and liabilities of special coroner. The special coroner appointed under the provisions of G.S. 152-1 shall be invested with all the powers and duties conferred upon the several coroners in respect to holding inquests over deceased bodies, and shall be subject to the penalties and liabilities imposed on the said coroners. (1903, […]
152-7. Duties of coroners with respect to inquests and preliminary hearings. The duties of the several coroners with respect to inquests and preliminary hearings shall be as follows: (1) Whenever it appears that the deceased probably came to his death by the criminal act or default of some person, he shall go to the place […]
152-8. Acts as sheriff in certain cases; special coroner. If at any time there is no person properly qualified to act as sheriff in any county, the coroner of such county is hereby required to execute all process and in all other things to act as sheriff, until some person is appointed sheriff in said […]
152-9. Compensation of jurors at inquest. All persons who may be summoned to act as jurors in any inquest held by a coroner over dead bodies, and who, in obedience thereto, appear and act as such jurors, shall be entitled to the same compensation in per diem and mileage as is allowed by law to […]
