---
title: "Index inquest findings where the statute provides no party submission"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests/prepare-the-submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-at-the-end-of-an/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A61-V20261018-8-US"
practice_area: "Coronial Inquests"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Index inquest findings where the statute provides no party submission

> List each finding the inquest record already states, and the page of each. Write no submission and no request that a finding be changed.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests/prepare-the-submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-at-the-end-of-an/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## 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 each finding the inquest record already states, and the page of each. Write no submission and no request that a finding be changed. |
| What the lawyer must review | Minnesota Statutes section 390.11, subdivision 5, makes an inquest optional and provides for a county-attorney subpoena. It does not provide for submissions by a party on the findings, and it does not require an organization to answer a recommendation. The record and report of the inquest may not be used in evidence in any civil action arising out of the death. That limit is not a waiver of any other rule of evidence. The CDC page states that each state sets its own standards and does not say that coroners issue recommendations an organization must answer. You write any submission the forum actually allows, after you open the rules of that forum. This index is not the autopsy-report index. Opinion 512. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the submissions on findings and recommendations at the end of an inquest](https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests/prepare-the-submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-at-the-end-of-an.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each finding the inquest record already states, and the page of each. Write no submission and no request that a finding be changed.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not draft a submission. The opened section does not provide one.
- An autopsy report is a different document. Do not mix the two indexes.

## Sources

- [Minnesota Statutes section 390.11 (investigations and inquests)](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/390.11) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [CDC Public Health Law Program: 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application to set aside a finding (Coroners Court Form 43)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/form-vic-coroner-43-set-aside-finding.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Coroners Court Form 43. Under section 77 of the Coroners Act 2008 the Court may reopen an investigation and set aside findings only if there are new facts and circumstances and it is… |
| [Closing submissions on findings and recommendations at an inquest: structure and checklist (NSW)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A structure and checklist for written submissions at the end of a NSW inquest: the s 81 findings (identity, date and place, manner and cause of death), each proposed recommendation under s 82 tested… |
| [Non-publication or closed-court order at a NSW inquest: structure (s 74)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/non-publication-order-structure-nsw.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Structure for asking a NSW coroner to close the court or prohibit publication of evidence or of submissions about an indictable offence, using the public-interest matters in s 74. |

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.*