Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices by County

Arkansas

Arkansas does not require coroner or medical examiner approval for every cremation. When a death falls under the coroner's or medical examiner's authority, the crematory may not receive the body until the coroner of the county of death or the medical examiner authorizes cremation (17 CAR 30-208). Source

Pulaski County Coroner's Office

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma has one state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Deaths of persons whose bodies are to be cremated are among the deaths the law says must be investigated, and every cremation needs a permit; the current permit fee is $200.00, with a $25.00 late fee after 30 days (OAC 445:10; statute allows $200 to $275). Source

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Missouri

Missouri does not require medical examiner review of every cremation. If the cause of death is established within 72 hours, the completed death certificate goes to the local registrar before cremation; if not, the body may not be cremated until the funeral director has written authorization from the medical examiner, coroner or physician (19 CSR 10-10.100). Source

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Kansas

Kansas requires a coroner's permit to cremate for every death that occurred in Kansas (K.S.A. 65-2426a). No statute sets a fee; counties may set one. Source

Funeral homes and cremation in Kansas

Tennessee

Tennessee requires the county medical examiner's approval for every death in the county for which a cremation permit is requested, wherever the cremation takes place. The funeral director gets that approval and a Permit for Cremation ($25.00, paid to the local health department in the county of death). Source

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Texas

In a Texas county with a medical examiner, the crematory must get a certificate signed by the medical examiner of the county of death before any cremation (Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 49.25, Sec. 10). Medical examiners may charge a cremation approval fee set by the commissioners court; Bexar, Travis and Lubbock counties print a $25 fee. In a county without a medical examiner, the justice of the peace issues the certificate for deaths that need an inquest. Source

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Florida

Every Florida cremation needs the district medical examiner's review: F.S. 406.11(1)(c) makes the district medical examiner determine the cause of death when a body is to be cremated. Funeral homes request approval through the state's Electronic Death Registration System, and each county sets its own approval fee (for example $35 in Sarasota and Manatee, $60 in Orange and $75 in Lee). Source

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Georgia

A Georgia cremation needs a disposition permit, issued only in the county of death. For a death that must be reported to the coroner or medical examiner under the Georgia Death Investigation Act, the permit is issued only after the county coroner or medical examiner approves disposition. No rule requiring a medical examiner to review every cremation appears in the official sources cited here. Source

Funeral homes and cremation in Georgia

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