Denton County Medical Examiner: Records, Autopsy Reports

Records and autopsy reports from the medical examiner

Autopsy report: All examination reports, except X-rays and photographs, are subject to required public disclosure under Chapter 552, Texas Government Code. (dentoncounty.gov)
How to request: Email the Examination Report Request Form to Tarrant County Medical Examiner Records for a free, non-certified copy; emailed reports are unsigned. Or mail a request and a self-addressed envelope to Records Custodian, Tarrant County Medical Examiner, 200 Feliks Gwozdz Place. Non-family members pay a fee. dentoncounty.gov (dentoncounty.gov)
Case lookup: Rulings on cause and manner of death can be viewed on the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's public site, mepublic.tarrantcounty.com, except where next of kin or identification is not yet established. mepublic.tarrantcounty.com (dentoncounty.gov)

Office	Denton County Medical Examiner (satellite office of the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's district)
Type	Medical examiner
Address	535 South Loop 288, Suite 1132, Denton, TX 76205-4502
Phone	940-349-2870; 972-434-8833
Hours	Tarrant County Medical Examiner assistance available 24 hours a day at 817-920-5700
Official page	tarrantcountytx.gov

Denton County is in the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's district; examinations take place at 200 Feliks Gwozdz Place, Fort Worth.
Select a funeral home, tell the funeral director the death is being investigated by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office, and sign an Authorization To Release Remains form at the funeral home.
The office has no facilities for viewing; arrange viewing with the funeral home or crematory.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner issues cremation permits for deaths in Denton County; the funeral home requests them.

Official pages only, each with the day we read it. Hours and fees change: call first.