Florida Statute 925.09 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 925
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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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.

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State v. Powell

497 So. 2d 1188, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 557

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 30, 1986 | Docket: 56213

Cited 18 times | Published

complied with, were they constitutionally applied. Section 925.09, Florida Statutes (1981), authorizes the state

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