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Placer County Sheriff's Office

Coroner or medical examiner

Coroner or medical examiner — official informationOfficial instructions

Read the official coroner office information and contact the appropriate service unit.

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Placer County coroner · Placer — coroner (opens in a new tab)

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- Z Sheriff's Office Units & Divisions Coroner Coroner The Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Coroner’s Unit has the unique and imperative responsibility to conduct complete and objective medicolegal investigations surrounding “reportable” deaths within Placer County, the purpose being to de

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Placer — coroner family and transfer informationOfficial instructions

Read the coroner’s family instructions and select a funeral home to arrange transfer. This is the Placer procedure; contracted examinations for other counties do not transfer their family inquiries to Placer.

Placer — examination contracts do not transfer other counties’ family inquiries or report requests

Yuba, Sierra, Sutter, and Nevada county have a contract with Placer county for forensic examinations. This means that your loved one will have been brought to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Coroner’s Unit, for an autopsy or external examination, then returned back to the county of death. Please contact the Coroner’s office of the place of death for information about your loved one’s case and to request a copy of their Coroner’s report.

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Placer — Records Unit report request after finalization

If you would like to receive a copy of the report, which includes the cause and manner of death, please reach out to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Records Unit at (530) 889-7812 to request the report when it is finalized.

Official information checked October 26, 2026 · Details & sources

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Information for Families | Placer County, CA — Actual coroner public instructions

Please let the funeral director know that your loved one is at the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Coroner’s Unit and they will reach out to our office to arrange the transfer.

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