{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-26","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-16-26","heading":"Assumption of duties by medical examiner in absence of coroner or deputy coroner; signing of death certificates.","body":"When there is no coroner or deputy coroner in a county in which the office of coroner has not been replaced by a county medical examiner or when both are absent from the county when needed or will not or cannot perform the duties required under this article, the medical examiner shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the coroner. When the medical examiner is performing the duties of the coroner in such cases, such medical examiner may sign the death certificate except when an inquest is held.","path":["TITLE 45 Public Officers and Employees","CHAPTER 16 Coroners","Article 2 Death Investigations"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.45.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"e7269abc5cdf29b98020354aa9ffa2f158f6e17e3bad9afc4094e8861969cb29","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-25.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}