{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-72.445","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 72.445","heading":"County or Commonwealth's attorney may petition court to order autopsy.","body":"In the event a coroner declines to order an autopsy or body exhumed for an autopsy, the\ncounty or Commonwealth's attorney may petition the District or Circuit Court having\njurisdiction to order an autopsy. In granting or denying such request, the court sha ll\ndetermine whether or not reasonable grounds exist for believing that the decedent may\nhave died as a result of a criminal act.","path":["KRS Chapter 72"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24322","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:33Z","sha256":"c0e18b73d692621717003dc551708a93dc0ca2ed8bf8729e165f2b697ff0ab90","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-72.440","next":"us-ky/krs-72.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}