If the office of coroner is vacant, or the coroner is absent or unable to attend, the duties of the coroner's office may be performed by any district judge in the county with the like authority and subject to the same obligations and penalties as the coroner. For such service a district judge shall be entitled to the same fees, payable in the same manner.
RCW 36.24.160
District judge may act as coroner.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 125 Wash. 2d 129 - Carrick v. Locke (1994)
Most recently applied in In re the Inquest into the Death of Boston (June 2002)
1987 c 202 s 204; 1963 c 4 s 36.24.160
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.