146.103
Removal of body, effects or weapons prohibited without consent. (1) In a death requiring an
investigation, no person shall move a human body or body suspected of being
human, or remove any of the effects of the deceased or instruments or weapons
related to the death without the permission of a medical examiner, medical-legal
death investigator or the district attorney.
(2) No person
shall move or remove any of the items specified in subsection (1) of this
section if the medical examiner or district attorney objects.
(3) A medical
examiner, district attorney or medical-legal death investigator shall take
custody of or exercise control over the body, the effects of the deceased and
any weapons, instruments, vehicles, buildings or premises which the medical
examiner, district attorney or medical-legal death investigator has reason to
believe were involved in the death, in order to preserve evidence relating to
the cause and manner of death.
(4) In a death
requiring investigation, no person shall undress, embalm, cleanse the surface
of the body or otherwise alter the appearance or the state of the body without
the permission of the medical examiner or the district attorney. [1973 c.408 §14;
2017 c.151 §15]
146.105 [1959 c.629 §7; repealed by 1965
c.221 §7]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases, 1994–2008 · leading case:
State v. Ferrara, 178 P.3d 250 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Ferrara, 178 P.3d 250 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “ORS 146.103(3). [11] Furthermore, in this case, the deputy medical examiner testified that his 3:00 a.”
State v. Blasingame, 873 P.2d 361 (Or. Ct. App. 1994).
· cites it 13× “Therefore, the second entry was lawful based on defendant's consent, and the rolling over of the body was authorized by ORS 146.103, the observations made thereby were permissible.”
State v. Ferrara, 178 P.3d 250 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “ORS 146.103(3). 11 Furthermore, in this case, the deputy medical examiner testified that his 3:00 a.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 146.103(3) — 3 cases
State v. Ferrara, 178 P.3d 250 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
“ORS 146.103(3). [11] Furthermore, in this case, the deputy medical examiner testified that his 3:00 a.”
State v. Blasingame, 873 P.2d 361 (Or. Ct. App. 1994).
“Therefore, the second entry was lawful based on defendant's consent, and the rolling over of the body was authorized by ORS 146.103, the observations made thereby were permissible.”
State v. Ferrara, 178 P.3d 250 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
“ORS 146.103(3). 11 Furthermore, in this case, the deputy medical examiner testified that his 3:00 a.”
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