The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 925
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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F.S. 925.09

925.09 Authority of state attorney to order autopsies.—The state attorney may have an autopsy performed, before or after interment, on a dead body found in the county when she or he decides it is necessary in determining whether or not death was the result of a crime. Physicians performing the autopsy shall be paid reasonable fees by the county upon the approval of the county commission and the state attorney ordering the autopsy.

History.—s. 1, ch. 28019, 1953; s. 1, ch. 57-311; s. 174, ch. 70-339; s. 42, ch. 73-334; s. 1562, ch. 97-102; s. 83, ch. 2004-265.

Note.—Former s. 932.57.

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Amendments to 925.09

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 925.09

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 925.09.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. POWELL,, 497 So. 2d 1188 (Fla. 1986)

. . . Section 925.09, Florida Statutes (1981), authorizes the state attorney to have an autopsy performed when . . .

POWELL v. MUNROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WHITE, v. GAUGER,, 13 Fla. Supp. 2d 89 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1985)

. . . drowning victims in Marion County, Florida, and testified that his authority for this request was Section 925.09 . . .