O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-16-20 (2019)

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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Death Investigation Act.’’

History

(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Jackson v. State, 208 Ga. App. 391, 430 S.E.2d 781 (1993).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Civil liability in conjunction with autopsy, 97 ALR5th 419.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1993–2018 · leading case: State v. Turner, 818 S.E.2d 589 (Ga. 2018).
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State v. Turner, 818 S.E.2d 589 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 4× “See generally OCGA § 45-16-20 (2015) et seq. 5 In total, law enforcement remained in Appellee's home for approximately three hours questioning witnesses, searching, photographing and videotaping the home, and seizing evidence.”
Jackson v. State, 430 S.E.2d 781 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “it shall be the duty of any law enforcement officer or other person having knowledge of such death to notify immediately the coroner or county medical examiner . . . . A coroner or county medical examiner who is notified of [such death] shall order a medical examiner's inquiry…”
Crosby Et Al. v. Johnson Et Al., 779 S.E.2d 446 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “as an elected County Coroner, [to] take possession [of] the body, until the medical examiner in Savannah could perform the autopsy, and take it to the nearby refrigerated public hospital morgue. Defendant Crosby chose not to do so and, in violation of the *424 statute, instead…”
Clark v. Arras, 443 S.E.2d 277 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “Citing the Death Investigation Act, OCGA § 45-16-20 et seq. as authority, plaintiff also contends summary judgment was improper because the autopsy was performed without her permission.”
State v. Turner, 304 Ga. 356 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “See generally OCGA § 45-16-20 et seq.5 In total, law enforcement remained in Appellee’s home for approximately three hours questioning witnesses, searching, photographing and videotaping the home, and seizing evidence.”
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