Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 406.14 (2025)
Duty of law enforcement officers.
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406.14 Duty of law enforcement officers.—Any evidence material to the determination of the cause of death in possession of the law enforcement officers assigned to the investigation of the death shall be made available to the medical examiner. It is the duty of the law enforcement officer assigned to and investigating the death to immediately establish and maintain liaison with the medical examiner during the investigation into the cause of death.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1963–1980 · leading case: State v. Tsavaris, 382 So. 2d 56 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980).
State v. Tsavaris, 382 So. 2d 56 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). “[2] Section 406.14, Fla. Stat. (1979), provides in part that "[i]t is the duty of the law enforcement officer assigned to and investigating the death to immediately establish and maintain liaison with the medical examiner during the investigation into the cause of death.”
State v. Pepper, 155 So. 2d 383 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). “We have considered the remaining point on appeal which contends that had appellant’s examination been graded by the same standards as the other applicants he would have passed, but find this to be without substantial merit.”
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