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Tulsa County Medical Examiner: records and autopsy reports

Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Eastern Office (state OCME). 1627 Southwest Blvd., Tulsa, OK 74107. Phone 918-295-3400.

Records and autopsy reports from the medical examiner

Autopsy report
Each case has a Report of Investigation, plus an autopsy report if one was done. Copies are available on written request once the case is completed. (oklahoma.gov)
Report fee
Free to immediate family, law enforcement and media. Others pay $10.00 for a non-autopsy case report and $20.00 for an autopsy case; a certified copy of the entire case file is $25.00 per report. (oklahoma.gov)
How to request
Send a written request with the decedent's full name, date of death and your relationship, by email or by mail to 921 N.E. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105 or 1627 Southwest Blvd, Tulsa, OK 74107. (oklahoma.gov)
Records email
Family, law enforcement and others: okcrecords@ocme.ok.gov (the FAQ gives recordsokc@ocme.ok.gov). Media: media@ocme.ok.gov. (oklahoma.gov)
When reports are ready
By state law the full autopsy report is held for 10 business days after it is generated, then becomes a public record. A summary report of investigation is available to anyone without delay. (oklahoma.gov)
Homicide cases
A district attorney or law enforcement agency may declare in writing that the full report would compromise an ongoing criminal investigation and ask a district court to let the office withhold it; the summary report stays public. (oklahoma.gov)
Photos and X-rays
Civil cases: digital photos on CD $25.00; digital copies of X-rays $15.00 each (state fee rule, OAC 445:10). (oklahoma.gov)
Cremation approval fee
Cremation permits: $200.00, plus a $25.00 late fee when over 30 days. (oklahoma.gov)

Contact details

OfficeOklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Eastern Office (state OCME)
TypeState OCME
Address1627 Southwest Blvd., Tulsa, OK 74107
Phone918-295-3400
HoursMonday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; investigative division 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Official pageoklahoma.gov

After a death in Tulsa County

  • The family selects a funeral home or crematory and tells the office which one, so it can be called as soon as the body is ready for release; the funeral director handles the remaining details.
  • The office cannot recommend a funeral home. There is no viewing at the office; the body may be viewed at the funeral home shortly after it arrives there.
  • Except for evidence, items brought in with the body are released to the funeral home with the body. If the office performs the autopsy, there is no charge to the family.

The medical examiner's role before a cremation

  • Oklahoma law lists deaths of persons whose bodies are to be cremated among the deaths reported to and investigated by the medical examiner system, and the Board of Medicolegal Investigations charges a fee for each permit for cremations in the state.
  • Fee. $200.00 per cremation permit; $25.00 late fee for permits over 30 days (OAC 445:10)

Oklahoma cremation rules, including when a medical examiner must review a cremation

Next steps for the family

Funeral homes and cremation in Oklahoma · Death certificates in Oklahoma · The first 72 hours · Other offices

Sources

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