Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 313.01 (2026)

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(A) A coroner shall be elected quadrennially in each county, who shall hold office for a term of four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after election.

(B) As used in the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires :

(1) "Coroner" means the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which death occurs or the dead human body is found.

(2) "Deputy coroner" means the deputy coroner or deputy medical examiner of the county in which death occurs or the dead human body is found.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: State ex rel. Clay v. Cuyahoga Cty. Med. Exam'r's Off. (Slip Opinion), 2017 Ohio 8714 (Ohio 2017).
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State ex rel. Clay v. Cuyahoga Cty. Med. Exam'r's Off. (Slip Opinion), 2017 Ohio 8714 (Ohio 2017). “See R.C. 313.01(B)(1) (definition of "coroner" includes the "medical examiner of the *502 county"); Cuyahoga County Charter, Section 5.”
Brotherton v. Cleveland, 141 F. Supp. 2d 894 (S.D. Ohio 2001). · cites it 2× “See Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 313.01 (Banks-Baldwin 1998).”
State v. Bey, 2019 Ohio 1884 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “Furthermore, [w]hen any person dies as a result of criminal or other violent means, by casualty, by suicide, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, * * * the physician called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who…”
State ex rel. Blair v. Balraj, 631 N.E.2d 1044 (Ohio 1994). “anner, * * * the physician called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from his duties, shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the knoum facts concerning the time,…”
Wallin v. Cincinnati Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, Inc., 733 F. Supp. 1152 (S.D. Ohio 1990). · cites it 4× “Section 313.01 defines the coroner as the coroner in the county in which the death occurs or the body is found.”
Brotherton v. Cleveland, 173 F.3d 552 (6th Cir. 1999). “See Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 313.01 (Banks-Baldwin 1998).”
Everman v. Davis, 561 N.E.2d 547 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989). “ual manner, the physician called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from his duties, shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the known facts concerning the time,…”
Hicks v. NLO, INC., 631 F. Supp. 1207 (S.D. Ohio 1986). · cites it 2× “50 of the Revised Code do not apply to a post-mortem or other examination performed under sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code.”
Dover v. Horn, 2017 Ohio 1146 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “At the conclusion of the trial, the Magistrate found Appellant guilty of failing to stop at the stop sign, in violation of Dover Codified Ordinance §313.01(A). {¶10} On July 26, 2016, a hearing was held on Defendant’s objections to the Magistrate’s Decision.”
Farley v. Kyriakides, 455 N.E.2d 676 (Ohio Ct. App. 1982). “n in apparent health, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, the physician called in attendance, * * * or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from his duties, shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the known facts concerning the time,…”
State ex rel. Blair v. Balraj, 1994 Ohio 40 (Ohio 1994). “an called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from his duties, 3 SUPREME COURT OF OHIO shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the known facts concerning the time,…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 313.01(A) — 1 case
Dover v. Horn, 2017 Ohio 1146 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “At the conclusion of the trial, the Magistrate found Appellant guilty of failing to stop at the stop sign, in violation of Dover Codified Ordinance §313.01(A). {¶10} On July 26, 2016, a hearing was held on Defendant’s objections to the Magistrate’s Decision.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 313.01(B)(1) — 1 case
State ex rel. Clay v. Cuyahoga Cty. Med. Exam'r's Off. (Slip Opinion), 2017 Ohio 8714 (Ohio 2017). “See R.C. 313.01(B)(1) (definition of "coroner" includes the "medical examiner of the *502 county"); Cuyahoga County Charter, Section 5.”
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