Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All dead bodies in the custody of the coroner shall be held until such time as the coroner, after consultation with the prosecuting attorney, or with the police department of a municipal corporation, if the death occurred in a municipal corporation, or […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly In counties where no coroner’s laboratory has been established or where the coroner’s laboratory does not have the equipment or personnel to follow the protocol established in rules adopted by the director of health under section 313.122 of the Revised Code, the […]
Effective: August 31, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 240 – 131st General Assembly (A) Whenever an autopsy is performed, and the injury causing death occurred within the boundaries of a county other than the one in which the autopsy was performed, such other county shall pay the costs of the autopsy. The cost of such […]
Effective: August 6, 1976 Latest Legislation: House Bill 390 – 111th General Assembly The coroner or deputy coroner may issue subpoenas for such witnesses as are necessary, administer to such witnesses the usual oath, and proceed to inquire how the deceased came to his death, whether by violence to self or from any other persons, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The prosecuting attorney or coroner may order the disinterment of any dead body, under the direction and supervision of the coroner, and may authorize the removal of such body by the coroner to the quarters established for the use of such coroner, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The cause of death and the manner and mode in which the death occurred, as delivered by the coroner and incorporated in the coroner’s verdict and in the death certificate filed with the division of vital statistics, shall be the legally accepted […]
Effective: August 26, 1975 Latest Legislation: House Bill 750 – 111th General Assembly The coroner may issue any writ required by sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code, to any constable of the county in which a body is found as described in section 313.12 of the Revised Code, or if the emergency so […]
Effective: November 15, 1991 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 233 – 119th General Assembly (A) The coroner may use or may allow the use of the coroner’s laboratory and facilities for tests in an emergency involving suspected toxic substances or for law enforcement-related testing, and may direct his assistants and other personnel to perform such testing […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 – 127th General Assembly The coroner may secure, catalog, record, and, with the approval of the prosecuting attorney, destroy any dangerous drugs found at the scene of an investigation the coroner conducts, if the dangerous drugs are no longer needed for investigative or scientific purposes.
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 216 – 131st General Assembly If the coroner determines that a drug overdose is the cause of death of a person, the coroner may provide a notice of the death to the state medical board, board of nursing, or state dental board. The coroner may include in […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Sections 311.01 to 311.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not interfere with the rights of any appointed and qualified administrator or executor, but moneys and effects taken by the coroner shall be delivered to such administrator or executor, whether before or […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 529 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Interested person” means an employee of the coroner’s office, a physician, dentist, nurse, professor at a medical school, medical student, medical resident, nursing student, an employee of a procurement organization, a member of a law […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 529 – 127th General Assembly A coroner acting in good faith is not liable in damages for injury resulting from acting or attempting to act in accordance with sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code regarding an anatomical gift.
