---
title: "Index an autopsy report where no recommendation-response duty was opened"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests/prepare-an-organisation-s-response-to-a-coroner-s-recommendations/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A61-V20261018-9-US"
practice_area: "Coronial Inquests"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Index an autopsy report where no recommendation-response duty was opened

> List the findings the autopsy report already states, and the page of each. Write no response and no recommendation.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests/prepare-an-organisation-s-response-to-a-coroner-s-recommendations/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Coronial Inquests](https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the findings the autopsy report already states, and the page of each. Write no response and no recommendation. |
| What the lawyer must review | Minnesota Statutes section 390.11 requires a report of the facts developed by the autopsy and the findings of the person who performed it to be made promptly and filed in the office of the coroner or medical examiner. When further investigation is advisable, a copy goes to the county attorney. The opened section does not require an organisation to answer recommendations, and it does not provide for party submissions on findings. CDC states that each state sets its own death-investigation rules. You do not draft a response the statute does not describe. If the death is outside Minnesota, open that state statute before you describe any duty to respond. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare an organisation's response to a coroner's recommendations](https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests/prepare-an-organisation-s-response-to-a-coroner-s-recommendations.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the findings the autopsy report already states, and the page of each. Write no response and no recommendation.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not invent a duty to accept or reject a recommendation. None was opened.
- The inquest record still may not be used in a civil action arising out of the death. That limit is not a criminal-privilege waiver.

## Sources

- [Minnesota Statutes section 390.11 (coroner and medical examiner investigations)](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/390.11) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [CDC Public Health Law: death investigation and coroner and medical examiner systems](https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/php/coroner/index.html) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Queensland coronial recommendations: response tracking register](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/qld-recommendation-response-register.md) | Checklist | Green | Register for tracking a Queensland coroner's recommendations and the government's published response, using the six-month and twice-yearly dates on the court's page. |
| [Organisation's response to coronial recommendations: letter and implementation register](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/organisation-response-to-coronial-recommendations.md) | Letter | Yellow | A response letter and implementation register for an organisation or NSW agency to which a coroner's recommendation is directed: its position on each recommendation, actions, owners and dates, and… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*