Need help with a Texas Governement Test: 1. The duty of a coroner is to: Enforce

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Need help with a Texas Governement Test:

1. The duty of a coroner is to:

Enforce the orders of the court.

determine the cause of death when a person died outside the presence of competent witnesses, or when circumstances suggested that unlawful means might have been used to induce death.

perform autopsies on the bodies of all deceased persons

make the official prounacement of death at execution

2.When a piece of real property (land and its improvements) is transferred, who records the deed of transfer?

commissioner of the General Land Office

county auditor

county clerk

county tax assessor-collector

Explanation / Answer

1. A coroner conducts the inquiry in case the death is due to any suspicious reasons. Coroners do not do the autopsies themselves, its done by a qualified doctor.

Thus, correct choice is b.determine the cause of death when a person died outside the presence of competent witnesses, or when circumstances suggested that unlawful means might have been used to induce death.

2. Recording the sales,transfer of real estate is done by the county clerk.

Correct choice - C. County clerk

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