# Coroners Service for Northern Ireland

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    ---
    type: "Public Authority"
    title: "Coroners Service for Northern Ireland"
    description: "Independent Northern Ireland judicial authority investigating deaths referred to a coroner."
    status: "observed"
    assertion_status: "official"
    jurisdiction: "northern-ireland"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    sources:
      - id: "nidirect-coroners"
        title: "Coroners, post-mortems and inquests"
        resource: "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coroners-post-mortems-and-inquests"
        author: "organisation:northern-ireland-courts-and-tribunals-service"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    ---

    # Coroners Service for Northern Ireland

    The Coroners Service investigates referred deaths and may issue the
    notification that allows the death to be registered. The service, not this
    bundle, determines investigation, post-mortem and inquest steps.