TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES 23000-33205›DIVISION 2. OFFICERS 24000-28085›PART 3. OTHER OFFICERS 26500-27773›CHAPTER 10. Coroner 27460-27530›ARTICLE 2. Inquests 27490-27512

§ 27499.1

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Where the names and addresses of possible witnesses have been furnished to the coroner by the next of kin of the deceased, an attorney for the next of kin, or the district attorney, the coroner shall, if it reasonably appears to him that the persons named are in fact necessary witnesses, subpoena such persons to appear at the inquest hearing.

(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1220.)

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