Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner: Records, Autopsy Reports

Records and autopsy reports from the medical examiner

Public records request: Records from medical examiner case files, and statistical data on medical examiner cases, can be requested. Requests must be in writing. (miamidade.gov)
How to request: Write to the Public Records Custodian, Medical Examiner, 1851 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136. (miamidade.gov)
Records on site: Records from 2008 to the present are on site and can be reviewed in one of two research rooms. Records from 1956 to 2007 are stored off site and need several days' advance notice. (miamidade.gov)
Records phone: Records main contact 305-545-2424; Public Records Custodian 305-545-2420; records fax 305 545-2426. (miamidade.gov)

Office	Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department (District 11)
Type	Medical examiner
Address	1851 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136 (mailing: 1 Bob Hope Rd, Miami, FL 33136-1055)
Phone	305-545-2400
Official page	miamidade.gov

Indigent Cremation Services provide final disposition when a family cannot afford a private funeral and the death occurred in Miami-Dade County (the person need not be a resident). No embalming, viewing or memorial services are provided.
Families who want to claim the remains must show proof of fee payment; the Medical Examiner may take 8 or more weeks to fully process a case.
Funeral directors must ask the certifying physician about any non-natural cause before final disposition, and anyone who knows of possible trauma must report it to the medical examiner.

Indigent Cremation Services fees: $475.00 for families unable to show current government assistance; $150.00 for families that show it (Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF or SSI); $65.00 administrative fee.
Florida law (F.S. 406.11(1)(c)) puts every body that is to be cremated under the district medical examiner's review.

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