{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-313.15","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 313.15","heading":"Determination of responsibility for death.","body":"All dead bodies in the custody of the coroner shall be held until such time as the coroner, after consultation with the prosecuting attorney, or with the police department of a municipal corporation, if the death occurred in a municipal corporation, or with the sheriff, has decided that it is no longer necessary to hold such body to enable him to decide on a diagnosis giving a reasonable and true cause of death, or to decide that such body is no longer necessary to assist any of such officials in his duties.","path":["Title 3 Counties","Chapter 313 Coroner"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-313.15","current_through":"1953-10-01 (House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:27Z","sha256":"86cd2a46c422aefae234e0208e8b17db1f5a74241af09d68786863a117f0b059","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-313.14","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-313.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}