{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-72.440","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 72.440","heading":"Circumstances under which coroner may order body exhumed.","body":"A coroner may, upon receipt of an affidavit from any person stating that he believes or\nhas reasonable grounds to believe that a person who is dead and buried died from\npoisoning or other illegal cause, order the body exhumed and a post -mortem examination\nor autopsy conducted.","path":["KRS Chapter 72"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24321","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:33Z","sha256":"02acdd352d14e7bb0a9b53298065423a34c519582900c2a82227683bc82d28c3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-72.435","next":"us-ky/krs-72.445"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}