Alaska Statutes Title 12, Chapter 12.65, Article 01 - Medical Examiner; Procedures After Death

• Sec. 12.65.005 Duty to Notify State Medical Examiner.
  (a) Unless the person has reasonable grounds to believe that notice has already been given, a person who attends a death or has knowledge...
• Sec. 12.65.007 No Duty for Peace Officer to Respond to the Scene of an Expected Home Death.
  (a) A peace officer is not required by state law to respond to the scene of an expected home death if(1) the death was...
• Sec. 12.65.010 Appointment of Medical Examiner. [Repealed, Sec. 18 Ch 103 Sla 1996].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 12.65.015 State Medical Examiner and Deputies.
  (a) The commissioner of health and social services shall appoint a state medical examiner to perform the duties set out in AS 12.65.015 -...
• Sec. 12.65.020 Medical Death Investigations.
  (a) When a death is reported to the state medical examiner under AS 12.65.005 , the state medical examiner or the deputy medical examiner...
• Sec. 12.65.025 Post Mortem Examinations.
  (a) The state medical examiner shall designate the facilities at which post mortem examinations and autopsies ordered under this chapter may be performed consistent...
• Sec. 12.65.030 - 12.65.090 Coroners Duties and Powers. [Repealed, Sec. 18 Ch 103 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 09.55.062 - 09.55.069].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 12.65.100 Unclaimed Bodies.
  When a person dies and no person appears to claim the body for burial, and no provision is made for the body under AS...
• Sec. 12.65.105 Release of Property to Temporary Custodian.
  A person having possession of tangible personal property of a decedent may release the property to a temporary custodian willing to take custody of...
• Sec. 12.65.110 Inventory and Disposition of Property.
  If a body is unclaimed as described in AS 12.65.100 and money or other property belonging to the deceased is found, the public administrator...

Last modified: November 15, 2016