North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 152 Coroners

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

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