The autopsy report needs to be released to the public, public security agencies and society. If it is a traffic accident or other criminal punishment, you must meet with a lawyer promptly and review the case. It should be noted that the original autopsy report from the traffic control department of the public security organ will not be handed over to the victim's family, and it is impossible to hand it over to the victim's family. Because the autopsy report is a legal document for the public security organ to handle the case, it will not be handed over to the victim. Family members. If the victim's family can understand the results of the public security organ's report, they can apply to the court to obtain evidence materials during the lawsuit. According to the relevant provisions of our country’s Criminal Procedure Law. For an autopsy, the family members need to be notified to the scene. If the family members cannot come to the scene, they can entrust a lawyer to conduct the autopsy on the scene. Because the autopsy report is not only a report to find out the cause of death of the deceased, but also an important material for solving criminal cases. In order to solve the needs of criminal cases, generally speaking, the results of the autopsy report cannot be handed over to the relatives of the victim unless homicide is ruled out. This will hinder the criminal judicial investigation work and disrupt the police investigation activities. Autopsy is an inquest and inspection procedure in investigation work. It is a technical inquest and inspection method used to determine the nature of the case and the cause of death. The autopsy report is one of the evidence that the investigating agency (case handling agency) should collect. There is no requirement that it must be submitted. To family members or relatives who conduct inspections and inspections. Generally, the family members are informed of the results of the inspection and inspection. If necessary, the family members can apply to the case handling agency for review or permission to copy. Therefore, the victim's family is generally not notified directly.
Extended information:
Whether the autopsy report is available or not can be cremated
It needs to be analyzed based on the specific circumstances. Before the autopsy report comes out, the technical department of the public security organ will remind the case-handling unit whether it is necessary to keep the body. If the case-handling unit notifies the family of the deceased, there is no need to keep the body and it can be cremated; if there is no notification, it is not allowed.
Legal basis: Article 213 of the "Regulations on the Procedure of Public Security Organs Handling Criminal Cases" to determine the cause of death, with the approval of the person in charge of the public security organ at or above the county level, an autopsy or coffin examination may be carried out, and a notification shall be issued. The family members of the deceased are present and asked to sign or stamp the "Notice of Autopsy". If the family members of the deceased refuse to be present or refuse to sign or seal without justifiable reasons, it will not affect the autopsy or coffin examination, but they should be included in the "Notice of Autopsy". Please indicate it on the record. For unnamed corpses, if the family of the deceased cannot be notified, it should be noted in the transcript.