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Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas2012 Amended and 2013 Operating BudgetDepartment OverviewCounty CoronerDepartment Overview:The county coroner’s office is established by the State of Kansas (KSA 22a-226). The county coronertakes charge of dead bodies, makes inquiries regarding the cause of death, and provides a cause ofdeath report to the Clerk of the District Court in the county in which the death occurred. The coronerdesignates a qualified pathologist to conduct autopsies as necessary.Highlights: The impact from the elimination of State funding to assist with disposing unclaimed bodies wasminimal in 2010 and early 2011, however, the office did have a series of abandoned bodies.New Initiatives:The office needs to convert all of its death investigation files to a digital format as storage space islimited.The office needs to research and request assistance from the courts to set policy or protocol inacquiring monetary assets of those decedents whose family has abandoned them and the county isforced to cremate.153