Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office
Read the official coroner office information and contact the appropriate service unit.
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Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz — coroner (opens in a new tab)
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Read the coroner instructions for signed next-of-kin authorization, property appointments, reports and separately described charges. The phone contact is for Coroner investigations and property, separate from sheriff dispatch.
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- Appointments · Santa Cruz — property appointment or authorized funeral-home release
- Personal property of the deceased may be claimed at the Coroner’s Office by appointment or released to your funeral home with your authorization.
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Coroner — Santa Cruz — property appointment or authorized funeral-home release
Personal property of the deceased may be claimed at the Coroner’s Office by appointment or released to your funeral home with your authorization.
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Coroner — Actual coroner public instructions
The Santa Cruz Coroner Request for Release of Remains or Property form must be signed by next of kin prior to release. The signed form may be faxed or emailed prior to arrival.
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