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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 936
INQUESTS OF THE DEAD
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F.S. 936.001
936.001 Purpose.—The purpose of this chapter is to provide a procedure whereby a public inquest may be made into a death for which an autopsy is required, when there is a question of the occurrence of a criminal act, criminal negligence, or foul play associated with the death.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-294.