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The County Coroner, with assistance from the County Sheriff’s Department and/or other law enforcement agencies, shall attempt to notify relatives, friends, or religious organizations that may desire to claim responsibility for the disposition of an indigent decedent’s remains. If no friends, relatives or church organizations can be found to accept responsibility for the disposition of the remains within seven days of the death of the indigent person, the funeral establishment shall accept jurisdiction.