Once the postmortem examination has been completed and the family has advised the county medical examiner investigator of their wishes for final disposition, the body will be released. This is usually to the designated mortuary or funeral service or county medical examiner investigator. The State Medical Examiner’s Office will not release decedents until the county medical examiner investigator has provided us with the name of the funeral home handling the case. If our office is responsible for identifying a decedent, we will not release the body until positive identification has been confirmed..
