South Carolina Statutes
§ 17-7-520 — Order to take up buried body on suspicion of violent death; examination.
South Carolina § 17-7-520
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-520 (2026).
Text
If the coroner shall know or be informed of the interment of a body of a person supposed to have come to a violent death he shall proceed to empanel a jury, as is directed in Article 1 of this chapter, and order such body to be taken up and shall conduct his examination into the cause and manner of the death as though such body had not been buried.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 17-142; 1952 Code SECTION 17-142; 1942 Code SECTION 1092; 1932 Code SECTION 1092; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 179; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 1022; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 724; G. S. 2687; R. S. 603; 1839 (11) 77.
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Execution and return of warrant; officer or juror subject to penalty for failure to perform.§ 17-7-140
Number of jurors and oath.§ 17-7-150
Coroner shall charge jury.§ 17-7-160
Inquiry in case of suicide.§ 17-7-190
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 17-7-520, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/7/17-7-520.