HOW CAN PERSONAL POSSESSIONS BE CLAIMED?
A. Any personal possessions in the custody of the Coroner may be claimed by the legal next of kin. To avoid any inconvenience, call the Coroner’s Office for an appointment. Sometimes personal possessions are taken into custody by other law enforcement agencies. You will need to contact those agencies to recover personal possessions in their custody. Unless there is a need to hold clothing as evidence, it will be disposed of for the safety of all persons involved. Governmental documents (driver’s licenses, passports, military identification cards) will not be released to the next of kin, but will be returned to the issuing agency for disposition.
