23-1817 Coroner; duties; performance by sheriff.
23-1817. Coroner; duties; performance by sheriff.When there is no coroner, and in case of the coroner's absence or inability to act, the sheriff of the county is authorized to discharge the duties of coroner in relation to dead bodies. SourceLaws 1879, § 112, p. 384; R.S.1913, § 5679; C.S.1922, § 5009; C.S.1929, § 26-1518; R.S.1943, § 23-1817; Laws 1979, LB 80, § 79.