---
type: "Public Authority"
title: "Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service"
description: "Scottish prosecution and death-investigation authority used by selected enforcement and bereavement routes."
status: "observed"
assertion_status: "official"
jurisdiction: "scotland"
observed_at: "2026-08-07"
sources:
  - id: "copfs-prosecution-code"
    title: "Prosecution Code"
    resource: "https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/prosecution-code/html/"
    author: "organisation:crown-office-and-procurator-fiscal-service"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
  - id: "copfs-death-investigation"
    title: "Deaths investigation guide"
    resource: "https://www.copfs.gov.uk/services/bereavement-support/guide-for-bereaved-family-members/deaths-investigation-video-script/"
    author: "organisation:crown-office-and-procurator-fiscal-service"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
---

# Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

COPFS is Scotland's prosecution service and publishes the decision framework
used in the selected
[Scottish speeding branch](../services/scotland-speeding-prosecution-route.md).
Its prosecutor decides whether and how to act; the bundle predicts no disposal.

COPFS is also the Scottish death-investigation authority in the selected
[registration route](../services/scotland-death-registration.md). It decides
whether and how a reported death is investigated; the bundle predicts no
referral or outcome.
