Hart County Georgia, Coroner

Adams to run again for coroner

Mike is from Hart County. He is a member of the Georgia Coroners Association and has served as District Director and 2nd vice president. He has served as the chairperson on the Hart County Child Fatality Review Committee.

Mike is also a paramedic for Hart County Emergency Medical Services. 

Mike Adams is currently the Hart County Coroner. He was first elected in 1992 and is serving his 8th term. 

As of July 25, 2024, Mike Adams did not have a website or any information online.

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Mike Adams

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 