Georgia Code, Title 45, Chapter 16, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 45-16-1 - Election, Commission, Removal; Qualifications; Affidavit of Qualification
  (a) Coroners are elected, commissioned, and removed as are clerks of the superior courts; and coroners shall hold their offices for four years. (b)(1)...
• § 45-16-2 - Appointment of Coroners Where Coroners Not Elected; Filling Vacancies
  (a) Whenever an election fails to fill the office of coroner, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve as...
• § 45-16-3 - Oath
  Before beginning the duties of the office of coroner, a coroner shall take the oath required of all civil officers and shall take the...
• § 45-16-4 - Bond Generally; Liability for Moneys Collected or Failing to Do Duties
  A coroner shall give bond and surety in the sum of $12,500.00 at the same time as he takes the oath provided for in...
• § 45-16-5 - Additional Bond When Acting for Sheriff
  When a coroner is required to act in the place of a sheriff, generally or specially, the judge of the probate court may require...
• § 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...
• § 45-16-7 - Appointment of Deputy Coroners; Oath, Bond, Fees, Powers, and Qualifications
  (a) As soon as practicable after July 1, 1980, and at the beginning of each term of the coroner thereafter, the coroner of each...
• § 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...
• § 45-16-9 - Fees
  (a) When performing the duties of a sheriff, the coroner's fees are the same as a sheriff's.(b) This Code section shall not be construed...
• § 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...
• § 45-16-11 - Compensation of County Coroners; Increases; Calculation; Supplements; Expenses
  (a) (1) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the minimum annual salary of each coroner in any of the counties in this state...
• § 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...
• § 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...

Last modified: October 14, 2016