Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 19-4301C (2026)
Release of body.
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Release of body.
Where a body is held for investigation or autopsy under this act the coroner shall, if requested by next of kin, release the body for funeral preparation not later than 24 hours after death or discovery of the body, whichever is later. Any district judge may ex parte order the 24 hour period extended upon a showing of reasonable cause by the prosecuting attorney by petition supported by affidavit.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1986–1997 · leading case: Paradis v. State, 716 P.2d 1306 (Idaho 1986).
Paradis v. State, 716 P.2d 1306 (Idaho 1986). “I.C. § 19-4301C directs that "[w]here a body is held for investigation or autopsy under this act the coroner shall, if requested by next of kin, release the body for funeral preparation not later than 24 hours after death or discovery of the body, whichever is later.”
State v. Porter, 948 P.2d 127 (Idaho 1997). “We additionally determined in Paradis that the government did not act in bad faith when it released the victim’s body because I.C. § 19-4301C authorized the coroner to release the victim’s body to her next of kin within twenty-four hours of death or discovery of the body.”
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