Nevada § 440.435 - Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Ordinance may authorize postmortem examination; duties of coroner
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§ 440.435. Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Ordinance may authorize postmortem examination; duties of coroner
1. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide by ordinance that in
all cases where the cause or suspected cause of a death is sudden infant death syndrome,
the coroner may take possession of the body, exhuming the body if necessary, and authorize
the performance of a postmortem examination thereon. Such examination may include an analysis of the stomach, stomach contents, blood,
organs, fluids or tissues of the body. 2. The findings resulting from the examination performed under subsection 1, including
the opinions and conclusions of the examining physician, shall be reduced to writing
and included in the coroner's record of death. The coroner shall file a copy of such report with the State Registrar.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 440.435 ("Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Ordinance may authorize postmortem examination; duties of coroner") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. 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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