Coroner's Office

Coroner: Tom Carman

Office: Western Alliance Community Plaza
              430 Canton Street
              Troy, Pa. 16947
Phone: 570-297-0720
Fax:      570-297-0726

Duties:

The County Coroner is notified when a death warrants investigation. The Coroner works in conjunction with the police of sheriff to investigate all county deaths of a violent nature, by undue means, or where a crime may have been committed (accident, homicide, or suicide). The Coroner may hold an inquest to determine how the person died and other facts concerning the death. As soon as the Coroner completes his investigation of the cause and manner of death, he files the death certificate with the local registrar who certifies it. The death certificate is then filed with the State. The Coroner can then release personal property to the designated persons.

It is also the duty of the Coroner to issue cremation permits on all bodies to be cremated that died in Bradford County.

The County Coroner is also a conservator of the peace, having the same powers as the Sheriff. The Coroner serves as Sheriff when the Office of Sheriff is vacant, or when the Sheriff is interested, partial, or prejudiced in a case.

The Coroner's Office is a law enforcement office and the coroner is a law enforcement official.