Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 925.09 (2025)

Authority of state attorney to order autopsies.

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925.09 Authority of state attorney to order autopsies.—The state attorney may have an autopsy performed, before or after interment, on a dead body found in the county when she or he decides it is necessary in determining whether or not death was the result of a crime. Physicians performing the autopsy shall be paid reasonable fees by the county upon the approval of the county commission and the state attorney ordering the autopsy.

History.—s. 1, ch. 28019, 1953; s. 1, ch. 57-311; s. 174, ch. 70-339; s. 42, ch. 73-334; s. 1562, ch. 97-102; s. 83, ch. 2004-265.

Note.—Former s. 932.57.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1985–1986 · leading case: State v. Powell, 497 So. 2d 1188 (Fla. 1986).

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State v. Powell, 497 So. 2d 1188 (Fla. 1986). · cites it 2× “Section 925.09, Florida Statutes (1981), authorizes the state attorney to have an autopsy performed when "it is necessary in determining whether or not death was the result of a crime.”

Powell v. Munroe Reg'l Med. Ctr., 13 Fla. Supp. 2d 89 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1985). · cites it 2× “Phillips, sometime between April and October, 1983, made a request that autopsies be performed on all drowning victims in Marion County, Florida, and testified that his authority for this request was Section 925.09, Florida Statutes. 6. That Assistant State Attorney Phillips had…”

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