N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-18
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11-19.1-18. State forensic examiner - Authority - Costs
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11-19.1-18. State forensic examiner - Authority - Costs
1. The state forensic examiner may order an autopsy and exercise all powers and
authority bestowed upon the office of the coroner and, at any time, may assume
jurisdiction over a deceased human body. Whenever requested to do so by the local
coroner, acting coroner, or the local state's attorney, the state forensic examiner or the
examiner's designee shall assume jurisdiction over a deceased human body for
purposes of investigating the cause of death, the manner of death, and the mode in
which the death occurred.
2. Except for the cost of an autopsy performed by the state forensic examiner or the
examiner's designee and for the cost of an autopsy, investigation, or inquiry that
results from the death of a patient or resident of the state hospital or any other state
residential facility or an inmate of a state penal institution, all costs with respect to the
autopsy, the transporting of the body for autopsy, and the costs of the investigation or
inquiry are the responsibility of the county.
1. The state forensic examiner may order an autopsy and exercise all powers and
authority bestowed upon the office of the coroner and, at any time, may assume
jurisdiction over a deceased human body. Whenever requested to do so by the local
coroner, acting coroner, or the local state's attorney, the state forensic examiner or the
examiner's designee shall assume jurisdiction over a deceased human body for
purposes of investigating the cause of death, the manner of death, and the mode in
which the death occurred.
2. Except for the cost of an autopsy performed by the state forensic examiner or the
examiner's designee and for the cost of an autopsy, investigation, or inquiry that
results from the death of a patient or resident of the state hospital or any other state
residential facility or an inmate of a state penal institution, all costs with respect to the
autopsy, the transporting of the body for autopsy, and the costs of the investigation or
inquiry are the responsibility of the county.
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