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Coweta County, Coroner

As coroner, determines the cause, manner and circumstance of death under guidelines established by the Georgia Death Investigation Act.

- As coroner, determines the cause, manner and circumstance of death under guidelines established by the Georgia Death Investigation Act.

Public Health

As coroner, works closely with law enforcement and medical examiners to determine causes, manners, and circumstances of deaths.

- As coroner, works closely with law enforcement and medical examiners to determine causes, manners, and circumstances of deaths.

Public Safety

Richard Hawk

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 