At a glance
- States and territories have professional organizations for medical examiners and coroners.
- Find the contact information for the organization in your state or territory.
- The Collaborating Office for Medical Examiners and Coroners (COMEC) maintains this list.
State and county systems
Across the United States, medical examiners, coroners and other types of county or regional officials are responsible for conducting medical and legal (medicolegal) death investigations (MDI). For some states, the type of MDI system is the same for all counties. In other states, the type of system varies by county.
Learn more about which states and counties use which systems from these resources.
- Data Map: Medicolegal Death Investigation System by County
- Data Table: Medicolegal Death Investigation System by County
States: A–H
Alabama
County-based system with a mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Alabama Coroner's Association
Website:
Contact Information:
1268 Highland Drive, Elba, AL 36323
334-332-8350
[email protected]
Alaska
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Alaska Department of Public Health – State Medical Examiner Office
Website:
Contact Information:
5455 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99507
907-334-2200
[email protected]
Arizona
County-based medical examiners
Contact information for county offices:
Arkansas
County-based coroners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: State Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
3 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205
501-227-5936
Organization: Arkansas Coroner's Association
Website:
Contact Information:
PO Box 6243, Hot Springs, AR 71902
California
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: California State Coroners Association
Website:
Contact Information:
211 Bradbury Lane, Redwood City, CA 94061
Colorado
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Colorado Coroners Association
Website:
Contact Information:
9089 Braemore Heights, Colorado Springs, CO 80927
970-628-5151
[email protected]
Connecticut
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
11 Shuttle Road, Farmington, CT 06032
860-679-3980
Delaware
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Division of Forensic Science, Medical Examiner Unit
Website:
Contact Information:
200 S. Adams Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
302-577-3420
District of Columbia
Centralized medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
401 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024
202-698-9000
[email protected]
Florida
District-based medical examiners
Contact information for district offices:
Organization: Florida Association of Medical Examiners
Website:
Contact Information:
11650 NW 21st Court, Plantation, FL 33323
954-370-1264
[email protected]
Georgia
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Medical Examiner's Office of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Website:
Contact Information:
3121 Panthersville Road, Decatur, GA 30034
404-244-2500
[email protected]
Organization: Georgia Coroner's Association
Website:
Contact Information:
Hawaii
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
States: I–M
Idaho
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Idaho Association of Counties/Idaho State Association of Coroners
Website:
Contact Information:
3100 S. Vista Avenue, Ste. 200, Boise, ID 83705
208-345-9126
Illinois
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
Website:
Contact Information:
Contact us on the bottom of the homepage –
Indiana
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Indiana State Coroners Association
Website:
Contact Information:
Contact us on the bottom of the homepage –
Iowa
County-based medical examiners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Iowa Office of State Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
2250 S. Ankeny Boulevard, Ankeny, IA 50023
515-725-1400
[email protected]
Organization: Iowa Association of County Medical Examiners
Website:
Contact Information:
PO Box 274, Boone, IA 50036
515-212-9685
[email protected]
Kansas
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Forensic Laboratory
Website:
Contact Information:
1620 SW Tyler Street, Topeka, KS 66612
785-296-8200
Kentucky
County-based coroners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet – Office of the Secretary
Website:
Contact Information:
Organization: Kentucky Coroner's Association
Website:
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 730, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
502-839-5151
Louisiana
Parish-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Louisiana State Coroner's Association
Website:
Contact Information:
5555 Hilton Avenue, Suite 420, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-763-2323
Maine
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
37 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
207-624-7180
[email protected]
Maryland
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
900 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21223
410-333-3250
[email protected]
Massachusetts
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
720 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
617-267-6767
Michigan
County-based medical examiners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Michigan Association of Medical Examiners
Website:
Contact Information:
1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
269-337-6173
[email protected]
Minnesota
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Minnesota Coroners' & Medical Examiners' Association
Website:
Contact Information:
14250 County Road 62, Minnetonka, MN 55345
612-215-6320
Mississippi
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office
Website:
Contact Information:
215 Allen Stuart Drive, Pearl, MS 39208
601-420-9140
[email protected]
Organization: Mississippi Coroners & Medical Examiner Association
Website:
Missouri
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association
Website:
Contact Information:
Montana
County-based coroners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Montana Medical Examiner's Office
Website:
Contact information:
Medical Examiner's Office – Missoula Location
2679 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT 59808
406-728-4970
Organization: Montana Coroner's Association
Website:
Contact information:
200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802
[email protected]
States N–S
Nebraska
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Nevada
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
New Hampshire
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
246 Pleasant Street, Suite 218, Concord, NH 03301-2598
603-271-1235
New Jersey
County-based medical examiners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: NJ Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 182, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
609-376-0557
[email protected]
New Mexico
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Medical Investigator
Website:
Contact Information:
MSC07 4040
1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505-272-3053
[email protected]
New York
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: New York State Association of County Coroners and Medical Examiners
Website:
Contact Information:
4721 Pine Hill Road, Albion, NY 14411
585-589-5410
[email protected]
North Carolina
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: NC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
3025 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-3025
919-743-9000 (1-800-672-7024)
North Dakota
County-based coroners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: North Dakota State Forensic Examiner's Office
Website:
Contact Information:
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
701-328-2372
[email protected]
Ohio
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Ohio State Coroners Association
Website:
Contact Information:3757 Indianola Avenue, Columbus, OH 43214
614-262-6722
[email protected]
Oklahoma
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
Central Office
921 N.E. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-239-7141
Eastern Office
1627 Southwest Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74107
918-295-3400
Oregon
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: State Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
13309 SE 84th Avenue, Suite 100, Clackamas, OR 97015
971-673-8200
[email protected]
Pennsylvania
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Pennsylvania State Coroners Association
Website:
Contact Information:
[email protected]
Rhode Island
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of State Medical Examiners
Website:
Contact Information:
Office of State Medical Examiners
48 Orms Street, Providence, RI 02904
401-222-5600
South Carolina
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: South Carolina Coroner's Association
Website:
Contact information:
P.O. Box 12304, Columbia, SC 29211
South Dakota
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
States: T–W
Tennessee
County-based medical examiners with a state medical examiner office
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Tennessee Office of the State Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
Main Office – Nashville
Andrew Johnson Tower, 7th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243
844-860-4511
[email protected]
Texas
County-based mixture of justices of peace and medical examiners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Justice of the Peace and Constables Association
Website:
Contact Information:
PO Box 115, Granbury, TX 76048
800-662-5722
Utah
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Utah Office of the Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
4451 South 2700 West, Taylorsville, UT 84129-8600
801-816-3850
Vermont
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05402
802-863-7320
Virginia
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
Washington
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Washington Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners
Website:
Contact Information:
206 10th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA 98501
360-753-7319
West Virginia
Centralized statewide medical examiner
Organization: West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
619 Virginia Street West, Charleston, WV 25302
304-558-6920
Wisconsin
County-based mixture of medical examiners and coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Organization: Wisconsin Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
Website:
Contact Information:
Contact info at bottom of webpage –
Wyoming
County-based coroners
Contact information for county offices:
Territories
Guam
Centralized medical examiner
Organization: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
325 Duenas Drive, Tamuning, Guam 96913
671-646-9363/647-2369
[email protected]
Puerto Rico
Centralized medical examiner
Organization: Institute of Forensic Science
Website:
U.S. Virgin Islands
Centralized medical examiner
Organization: Office of Medical Examiner
Website:
Contact Information:
3438 Kronprindsens Gade
G.E.R.S. Complex, 2nd Floor, St. Thomas, VI 00802
340-776-8311, Ext 1095