72.440 Circumstances under which coroner may order body exhumed. A coroner may, upon receipt of an affidavit from any person stating that he believes or has reasonable grounds to believe that a person who is dead and buried died from poisoning or other illegal cause, order the body exhumed and a post -mortem examination or autopsy conducted. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 12, effective June 17, 1978.
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