Frequently Asked Questions

As with all other constitutionally elected officers, one needs to be an elector of the county, and a resident for one year in order to be elected. The coroner does not perform autopsies (unless he or she is also a board-certified pathologist).

The coroner is an administrator above all else. By living locally and being elected, the corner is answerable to the people. The coroner has innumerable experts to call upon to help them render a decision. The Indiana State Coroners Training Board has been established and funded to provide 40 hours of basic training and 16 hours of annual continuing education for coroners to assist them in the administration of their duties and establish mandatory training leading to certification.

A deputy Coroner is an appointed or hired position by the coroner. Which after they are appointed or hired, they must attend a 40-hour Medicolegal Death Investigators Course and become certified in the state of Indiana within one year of appointment.

In order to attend the 40-hour Medicolegal Death Investigators training, you must be a duly elected coroner or appointed or hired deputy coroner.

Duties of the coroner include:

• Identification of the deceased
• Determination of the cause of death
• Determination of the manner of death