Guam § 81104 - Deaths to Be Investigated.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 81104 — Deaths to Be Investigated., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 81104. Deaths to Be Investigated.
The Office of Post-Mortem Examinations shall investigate all human deaths providing such deaths in
the opinion of the Chief Medical Examiner arose from the following causes:
(a) Violent deaths, whether apparently homicidal, suicidal or accidental, including but not limited
to deaths due to thermal, chemical, electrical or radiational injury, and deaths due to criminal abortion,
whether apparently self-induced or not;
(b) Sudden deaths not caused by readily recognizable disease;
(c) Deaths under suspicious circumstances;
(d) Deaths of persons whose bodies are to be cremated, dissected, buried at sea, or otherwise
disposed of so as to be thereafter unavailable for examinations.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Guam Code Annotated § 81104 cover?
Section 81104 ("Deaths to Be Investigated.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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