259.090 - Inquest: Summoning and examination of witnesses; examination of decedent; adjournment.
259.090 Inquest: Summoning and examination of witnesses; examination of decedent; adjournment.
1. The justice of the peace may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable as the justice of the peace may direct, and served by such person as he or she may direct.
2. He or she must summon and examine as witnesses every person who, in his or her opinion or that of any of the jurors, has any knowledge of the facts, and he or she may summon a qualified surgeon or physician to inspect the body, or hold a postmortem examination thereon, or a chemist to make an analysis of the stomach or the tissues of the deceased and give a professional opinion as to the cause of the death.
3. The coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to time as may be necessary.
[6:107:1909; A 1949, 595; 1943 NCL § 11430]—(NRS A 1979, 1370)