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The powers and duties of the coroner’s offices throughout the State of Georgia are found in Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. The death investigation act found here below details the cases that we must investigate when the death occurs in our county or from an event or injury that occurs here even if the death may occur in another county.
The Georgia Death Investigation Act (O.C.G.A. 45-16-20) requires that the coroner or county medical examiner of the county where the body is found or the death occurs be notified and that a medical examiner's inquiry be made in all deaths that occur in this state that meets the following criteria: