Seven days a week
Examinations at our Fresno and San Diego facilities seven days a week, or scheduled service at your facility.
NAAG Forensic · Sheriff-Coroner Autopsy Service
Forensic pathology for sheriff-coroners.
California’s sheriff-coroners rely on NAAG’s board-certified forensic pathologists for complete, carefully reasoned and courtroom-ready death investigation, built on one commitment: getting it right.
What does your office need?Services
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Contract forensic pathology
Medicolegal autopsies under Government Code § 27491, at flat monthly rates.
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AB 1108 Independent Autopsy Program
Independent examinations for in-custody and conflict-of-interest deaths. Effective January 1, 2027.
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Forensic neuropathology & anthropology
Brain, spinal cord, eye, bone and throat specimens for ME and coroner offices nationwide. Flat fees.
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Autopsy Integrity Program
Independent second examinations for prosecutors, at no cost to prosecutorial agencies.
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Contact the service
Contracts, referrals, specimen shipping and subpoenas.
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Our philosophy
Truth is not negotiable.
2015Serving law enforcement since 2015
§ 27491Medicolegal examinations for sheriff-coroners
7 daysExaminations at our Fresno and San Diego facilities
CJISCJIS compliance and secure evidence handling
Our role
The coroner directs the investigation. We bring the medicine.
The sheriff-coroner is one of California’s oldest public trusts. An elected official, answerable to the people, carries the legal duty to establish how and why every reportable death occurred. We believe in that system, and we are proud to serve it.
Under Government Code § 27491, our board-certified forensic pathologists perform the examinations and provide the medical findings and opinions on which the coroner’s cause and manner determinations rest. We do not compete with the office; we strengthen it.
Every death certificate signed on our findings carries the authority of the sheriff-coroner. We treat that as the solemn responsibility it is.
How we work
Two laboratories
Built for scrutiny
Courtroom-ready
Every report is written to withstand cross-examination, appellate review and public scrutiny.
Secure reporting
Built in-house
Reports are prepared and delivered through NAAG’s own secure online reporting system, built and maintained in-house.
Predictable budgets
Flat monthly rates
Contract counties pay a flat monthly rate rather than per-case fees, and receive monthly service statistics for their caseload.
NAAG Forensic
A service of NAAG Forensic PC
A California professional medical corporation, owned and operated by forensic pathologists, that has served the U.S. Department of Defense and law enforcement for more than ten years. NAAG is not an expert-witness referral service or a staffing agency: our own physicians do the work.
Services for youThe full catalog →
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Medicolegal autopsy for agencies
On demand, at our facilities or yours.
Sheriff-coroners and coroner agenciesVForensic neuropathology
Brain, dura and spinal cord, examined by a subspecialist.
Medical examiners, coroners and agencies nationwideVIForensic anthropology & osteology
Bone, read by the people who specialize in it.
Medical examiners, coroners and agencies nationwideVIIForensic odontology
Dental identification, under board certification.
Law enforcement and medicolegal agenciesIXReference histology laboratory
Every slide cut, stained and checked to a forensic standard.
Pathologists, agencies and counselVIIIMolecular autopsy & genetic testing
Answers that matter to the living.
Families, attorneys and agenciesContact
Talk to us about your county.
Call or email to discuss contract services, AB 1108 readiness, specimen consultations or a second autopsy review.
Phone1-800-985-5346
Agenciescoroner@naagforensic.com
Specimensadmin@naagforensic.com
OfficeNAAG Forensic PC
6335 Ferris Square, Suite C, San Diego, CA 92121
6335 Ferris Square, Suite C, San Diego, CA 92121