Palm Beach County Medical Examiner: Records, Autopsy Reports

Records and autopsy reports from the medical examiner

When reports are ready: Typically an autopsy report becomes available to request within 12 weeks of the autopsy. Complex cases take longer. (discover.pbc.gov)
How to request: Request the report with the county's online form and choose pickup, email or mail, or use the printable Request for Autopsy Report form with the case number, name of the deceased and date of death. survey.pbcgov.com (survey.pbcgov.com)
Records email: Email all public records requests to MERequest@pbc.gov. Public Records Custodian phone: 561-688-4575. (discover.pbc.gov)

Office	Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office (District 15)
Type	Medical examiner
Address	3126 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406
Phone	561-688-4575
Hours	8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday, closed holidays and weekends; death investigators available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Official page	discover.pbc.gov

The legal next of kin arranges with a funeral home or cremation service for removal of the body from the office; the office does not handle cremations or funerals.
The body is generally ready for release to the chosen funeral home on the same or following day. Funeral homes email Decedent Release forms to the office.
Viewing is not permitted at the office; arrange it through the funeral home.
The office does not charge families for its services, other than a nominal fee for copies of reports or cremation approvals.

The office charges a nominal fee for cremation approvals; call the office for the amount.
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.