Orange County Medical Examiner: Records, Autopsy Reports

Records and autopsy reports from the medical examiner

How to request: Send a written request by mail to District Nine Medical Examiner's Office, 2350 E. Michigan St., Orlando, FL 32806, by fax to (321) 321-8172, or by email. Include the deceased's name, date of death and where to send the report. (ocfl.net)
Records email: Medical.Examiner@ocfl.net is the preferred way to send a request. (ocfl.net)
Records portal: The county has an online Autopsy Report Request Form. The office prefers to send the report by email, and can also mail or fax it or arrange pickup. ocfl.net (ocfl.net)
Report fee: No charge to the family for a copy of the autopsy report. Other requesters may be charged depending on the work required and the number of reports requested. (ocfl.net)
Homicide cases: If the case is a homicide or still under active criminal investigation, the report cannot be sent without permission from the investigating officer or the State Attorney's Office. (ocfl.net)
When reports are ready: Pending cases are handled one by one with no set time frame; some take twelve weeks to unpend. (ocfl.net)
Cremation approval fee: $60.00 for each cremation approval processed (effective October 1, 2025). Requesting facilities are invoiced monthly. (ocfl.net)

Office	District Nine Medical Examiner's Office (Orange County)
Type	Medical examiner
Address	2350 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806
Phone	(407) 836-9400
Hours	Deaths reported by law enforcement, funeral homes and medical facilities 24 hours a day at (407) 836-9499
Official page	ocfl.net

The legal next of kin contacts a funeral home or crematorium, makes final arrangements, and signs a written release letting the Medical Examiner's Office release the body; the office posts a Release Document for families to give the funeral home.
Even when the cause of death is pending, most bodies are released within 24 to 48 hours of examination to the family's chosen funeral home.
Death certificates come from Vital Statistics or the funeral home, not the Medical Examiner.

The crematorium, funeral home or cremation facility flags the electronic death certificate for cremation approval in the state registration system (or faxes a paper certificate to (321) 321-8174). A medical examiner reviews it and approves it or gathers more information; some requests become cases under the office's jurisdiction.
Facilities are invoiced monthly for the previous month's cremation approvals.
Florida law (F.S. 406.11(1)(c)) puts every body that is to be cremated under the district medical examiner's review.
Fee. $60.00 for each cremation approval (effective October 1, 2025)

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