When four or more of the jurors attend, they shall be sworn by the coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, where, and by what means he or she came to his or her death, and into the circumstances attending his or her death, and to render a true verdict therein, according to the evidence afforded them, or arising from the inspection of the body.
RCW 36.24.040
Duty of coroner's jury—Oath.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 125 Wash. 2d 129 - Carrick v. Locke (1994)
Most recently applied in Family of Butts v. Constantine (July 2021)
2009 c 549 s 4033; 1963 c 4 s 36.24.040
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