N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-08
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11-19.1-08. Records of coroner's office
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11-19.1-08. Records of coroner's office
The coroner shall keep full and complete records. All records must be kept in the office of
the coroner if the coroner maintains an office as coroner. If the coroner maintains no separate
office, the records must be kept in the office of the recorder of the county, unless the board of
county commissioners designates a different official. The records must be properly indexed,
stating the name, if known, of every deceased individual, the place where the body was found,
date of death, cause of death, and all other available information required by this chapter. The
report of the coroner and the detailed findings of the autopsy, if one was performed, must be
attached to the report of every case. The coroner promptly shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the state's attorney of the county in which a death occurred copies of all necessary records
relating to every death in which the coroner or state's attorney determines further investigation
advisable. The sheriff of the county, the police of the city, or the state highway patrol troopers on
duty in that county in which the death occurred may be requested to furnish more information or
make further investigation by the coroner or the coroner's deputy. The state's attorney may
obtain from the office of the coroner copies of records and other information necessary for
further investigation. Except for a report of death and autopsy reports, which may be used and
disclosed only as authorized by subsection 4 of section 11-19.1-11, all records of the coroner
are the property of the county and are public records.
The coroner shall keep full and complete records. All records must be kept in the office of
the coroner if the coroner maintains an office as coroner. If the coroner maintains no separate
office, the records must be kept in the office of the recorder of the county, unless the board of
county commissioners designates a different official. The records must be properly indexed,
stating the name, if known, of every deceased individual, the place where the body was found,
date of death, cause of death, and all other available information required by this chapter. The
report of the coroner and the detailed findings of the autopsy, if one was performed, must be
attached to the report of every case. The coroner promptly shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the state's attorney of the county in which a death occurred copies of all necessary records
relating to every death in which the coroner or state's attorney determines further investigation
advisable. The sheriff of the county, the police of the city, or the state highway patrol troopers on
duty in that county in which the death occurred may be requested to furnish more information or
make further investigation by the coroner or the coroner's deputy. The state's attorney may
obtain from the office of the coroner copies of records and other information necessary for
further investigation. Except for a report of death and autopsy reports, which may be used and
disclosed only as authorized by subsection 4 of section 11-19.1-11, all records of the coroner
are the property of the county and are public records.
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