\nFees of coroners shall be the same as are or may be allowed sheriffs in similar cases:\nFor holding an inquest over a dead body, five dollars ($5.00); if necessarily engaged more than one day, for each additional day, five dollars ($5.00).\nFor burying a pauper over whom an inquest has been held, all necessary and actual expenses, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, and paid by the county.
North Carolina Legal Code
§ 152.5
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