H. Coroners reports.

In Alabama, a coroner is an elected county official, see Ala. Code §§ 11-5-1 et seq. (1989), whose records should be presumptively open under the State's Public Records Law, with the possible exception for records that relate to a pending criminal investigation. See Stone v. Consolidated Publishing Co., 404 So. 2d 678, 681 (Ala. 1981); see also Op. Att'y Gen. Ala. No. 2007-015, 2006 Ala. AG LEXIS 142 (Dec. 4, 2006) (stating that reports prepared by coroners are subject to inspection under the Public Records Law).