California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - Duties Generally

• Section 27460.
  If an inquest is held by the coroner and no other person takes charge of the body of the deceased, he shall cause it to...
• Section 27461.
  In order to inter decently the body of the deceased, the coroner may apply to a judge of the superior court of his county for...
• Section 27462.
  The coroner shall file with the clerk of the court a statement showing the property of the deceased that came into his hands, the amount...
• Section 27463.
  The coroner shall keep an official register, labeled “Coroner’s Register,” with pages numbered, indexed and bound, in which he shall enter:(a) The name and any aliases...
• Section 27463.5.
  In lieu of the “coroner’s register,” the coroner may keep an official file for each deceased person containing all of the information required by Section...
• Section 27464.
  Whenever the death of any person shall have been referred to the coroner for investigation, there shall be delivered to the coroner any note, letter...
• Section 27465.
  Within 90 days after an inquest upon a dead body the coroner shall deliver to the legal representatives of the deceased any money or other...
• Section 27466.
  If, within 90 days after the inquest, no legal representative makes a demand upon the coroner for the money or property found upon the body...
• Section 27467.
  If the coroner fails to deliver to the treasurer within 120 days after any inquest upon a dead body all money and proceeds from the...
• Section 27468.
  If within 90 days after an inquest upon a dead body no legal representative of the decedent demands from the coroner the property found upon...
• Section 27469.
  In any action or proceeding in which the sheriff is a party, the coroner shall discharge the duties of sheriff.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 27470.
  If no private ambulance service other than that operated by a coroner is available, in addition to his salary and other fees allowed by law...
• Section 27470.5.
  Any county with a population under 250,000 that has elected to implement a trauma care system plan pursuant to Section 1797.257 of the Health and...
• Section 27471.
  (a) Whenever the coroner takes custody of a dead body pursuant to law, he or she shall make a reasonable attempt to locate the family. After...
• Section 27472.
  If authorized by the county board of supervisors by ordinance, the coroner, whenever he or she takes custody of a dead body pursuant to law,...
• Section 27473.
  In coroners’ cases, interpreters’ and translators’ fees or other compensation shall be paid from the county treasury upon warrants drawn by the county auditor, when...

Last modified: October 22, 2018