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MO Rev Stat § 58.215 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.215 - Coroner to file death certificates with registrar of vital statistics, when — compensation for extra duty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1972   58.215. Coroner to file death certificates with registrar of vital statistics, when — compensation for extra duty. — 1. In addition to all other duties imposed by law, the coroner of the City of St. Louis shall certify and file with the state registrar of vital statistics a death certificate in manner and form as provided by section 193.160 for the death of all persons buried by his office for which the city received reimbursement for the cost of such burial from the federal government under the provisions of the Federal Social Security Act.  2. For the performance of the duties imposed by this section, the coroner shall receive, in addition to all other compensation provided by law, the sum of seven thousand dollars per year to be paid in equal monthly installments as other official salaries in the city are paid. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 195)
MO Rev Stat § 58.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.260 - Coroner may issue warrant to summon coroner's jury, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   58.260. Coroner may issue warrant to summon coroner's jury, when. — Every coroner, having been notified of the dead body of any person, supposed to have come to his or her death by violence or casualty, being found within his county, may make out his or her warrant, directed to the sheriff of the county where the dead body is found, requiring him or her forthwith to summon a jury of six good and lawful citizens of the county, to appear before such coroner, at the time and place in his or her warrant expressed, and to inquire how and by whom he or she came to his or her death. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13231, A.L. 1945 p. 990, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11612; 1919 § 5920; 1909 § 2925  CROSS REFERENCE:  Powers and duties of prosecuting attorney in third and fourth classification counties in regard to inquests which may result in charges of felony, 56.300
MO Rev Stat § 58.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.270 - Sheriff to execute warrant.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   58.270. Sheriff to execute warrant. — The sheriff to whom such warrant shall be directed shall forthwith execute the same, and shall repair to the place where the inquest is to be held at the time mentioned, and make return of the warrant, with his proceedings thereon, to the coroner who granted the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13232, A.L. 1945 p. 990, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11613; 1919 § 5921; 1909 § 2926
MO Rev Stat § 58.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.280 - Failure to execute warrant — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   58.280. Failure to execute warrant — penalty. — Any sheriff failing to execute such warrant or to return the same shall forfeit and pay the sum of eight dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13233, A.L. 1945 p. 990)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11614; 1919 § 5922; 1909 § 2927
MO Rev Stat § 58.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.290 - Failure of juror to appear — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.290. Failure of juror to appear — penalty. — Every person summoned as a juror, who shall fail to appear, or make a reasonable excuse to the coroner for his nonattendance, within five days after the time appointed within the warrant, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, which fine shall be recoverable by civil action at the instance of the coroner, and in the name of the state, before any associate circuit judge, and be applied to the use of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13234)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11615; 1919 § 5923; 1909 § 2928
MO Rev Stat § 58.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.300 - Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.300. Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors. — The coroner shall administer an oath or affirmation to the jurors, in the following form: You solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will diligently inquire and true presentment make, how and by whom the person who here lies dead came to his death, and you shall deliver to me, coroner of this county, a true inquest thereof, according to such evidence as shall be laid before you and according to your knowledge. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13235)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11616; 1919 § 5924; 1909 § 2929
MO Rev Stat § 58.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.310 - Charge to be given to jury by coroner.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   58.310. Charge to be given to jury by coroner. — As soon as the jury shall be sworn, the coroner shall give them a charge, upon their oaths, to declare of the death of the person, whether he or she died by felony or accident; and if of felony, who were the principals and who were accessories, and if the act was justified, and all the material circumstances relating thereto; and if by accident, whether by the act of man, and the manner thereof, and who was present, and who was the finder of the body, and whether he or she was killed in the same place where the body was found, and, if elsewhere, by whom, and how the body was brought there, and all other circumstances relating to the death; and if he or she died of his or her own act, then the manner and means thereof, and the circumstances relating thereto. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13236, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11617; 1919 § 5925; 1909 § 2930
MO Rev Stat § 58.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.320 - Jury to remain together — exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   58.320. Jury to remain together — exception. — When the jury are sworn they shall remain together, and proclamation shall be made for any persons who can give evidence to draw near, and they shall be heard; provided, however, when there are women members of a jury, they may separate from the men members of the jury, if any, when not receiving evidence or deliberating upon their verdict. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13237, A.L. 1945 p. 991)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11618; 1919 § 5926; 1909 § 2931  CROSS REFERENCE:  Prosecuting attorney in third and fourth classification counties to attend inquest, 56.300
MO Rev Stat § 58.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.330 - Coroner to issue subpoenas.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   58.330. Coroner to issue subpoenas. — Every coroner shall be empowered to issue his or her summons for witnesses, and such evidence, documents, and materials of substance, commanding them to come before him or her to be examined, and to declare their knowledge concerning the matter in question. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13238, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11619; 1919 § 5927; 1909 § 2932
MO Rev Stat § 58.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.340 - Coroner to administer oath to witnesses.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   58.340. Coroner to administer oath to witnesses. — He or she shall administer to them an oath or affirmation in form as follows: You do swear (or affirm) that the evidence you shall give to the inquest, concerning the death of the person here dead, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13239, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11620; 1919 § 5928; 1909 § 2933
MO Rev Stat § 58.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.350 - Evidence to be reduced to writing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.350. Evidence to be reduced to writing. — The evidence of such witnesses shall be taken down in writing and subscribed by them, and if it relate to the trial of any person concerned in the death, then the coroner shall bind such witnesses, by recognizance, in a reasonable sum for their appearance before the court having criminal jurisdiction of the county where the felony appears to have been committed, at the next term thereof, there to give evidence; and he shall return to the same court the inquisition, written evidence and recognizance by him taken. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13240)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11621; 1919 § 5929; 1909 § 2934
MO Rev Stat § 58.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.360 - Jury to deliver verdict in writing.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   58.360. Jury to deliver verdict in writing. — The jury, having viewed the body by photographic, electronic, or other means, heard the evidence, and made all the inquiry in their power, shall draw up and deliver to the coroner their verdict upon the death under consideration, in writing under their hand, and the same shall be signed by the coroner. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13241, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11622; 1919 § 5930; 1909 § 2935
MO Rev Stat § 58.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.370 - Death by felony — duty of coroner.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   58.370. Death by felony — duty of coroner. — The coroner, upon an inquisition found before him of the death of any person by the felony of another, shall speedily inform one or more associate circuit judges of the proper county, or some judge or justice of some court of record, and it shall be the duty of such officer forthwith to issue his process for the apprehension and securing for trial of such person. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13242, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11623; 1919 § 5931; 1909 § 2936  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 58.375 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.375 - Reports of coroner (certain counties) — solicitation regarding funeral arrangements prohibited — embalming of body required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   58.375. Reports of coroner (certain counties) — solicitation regarding funeral arrangements prohibited — embalming of body required, when. — 1. In all counties in which a coroner is required by section 58.010, the coroner shall, upon holding an inquest and securing the jury's verdict on the inquest, immediately file a record of the proceedings in the office of the prosecuting attorney.  2. In all such counties where investigation by the coroner shows no inquest to be necessary, the coroner shall file a written report with the prosecuting attorney setting forth the facts and circumstances surrounding the case, together with his conclusions and the action taken. The cost of the additional transcript hereby required shall be paid from county funds.  3. The coroner or his deputy shall contact the appropriate family member or legal representative of the deceased within six hours from discovery of death regarding disposition of the body. There shall be no solicitation by the coroner or his deputy regarding the funeral arrangements of the deceased. If no family member or legal representative can be found within six hours, the coroner shall order the embalming of the deceased body and the cost of such embalming shall be paid by a family member or the deceased's legal representative when found. If no family member or legal representative can be found within ten days from the time the body was discovered, the provisions of section 58.460 shall apply. Any act of solicitation prohibited under this section shall also be grounds for removal under sections 106.230 to 106.290. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 384 § 1, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1164, A.L. 1989 S.B. 389)
MO Rev Stat § 58.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.380 - Coroner to issue a writ of attachment for witnesses, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.380. Coroner to issue a writ of attachment for witnesses, when. — Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the coroner that any person, duly subpoenaed to appear before him at an inquest, shall have failed, without just cause, to attend as a witness in conformity to the command of such subpoena, and it appears to the satisfaction of the coroner that the testimony of such witness is material, the coroner shall have power to issue an attachment to compel the attendance of such witness at such inquest. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13260)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11641; 1919 § 5949; 1909 § 2954
MO Rev Stat § 58.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.390 - Attachment, how served — fees to be paid, by whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   58.390. Attachment, how served — fees to be paid, by whom. — Every such attachment may be directed to any constable or sheriff of the district, city or county in which the witness resides, and shall be executed in the same manner as a warrant in a criminal case, and the fees of the officer for issuing and serving the same shall be paid by the person against whom the same shall have been issued, unless he show reasonable cause for his omission to attend, in which case the costs shall be taxed as in cases of attachment of witnesses in criminal cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13261, A. 1949 H.B. 2016)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11642; 1919 § 5950; 1909 § 2955
MO Rev Stat § 58.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.400 - Sheriff unable to execute duties, warrant may be directed to householder.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   58.400. Sheriff unable to execute duties, warrant may be directed to householder. — If the sheriff is unable to execute the duties required by this chapter, the officer taking the inquest may direct his warrant to any householder of the county, who shall perform the duties of sheriff, be subject to the same penalties, and entitled to the same fees. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13244, A.L. 1945 p. 990)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11625; 1919 § 5933; 1909 § 2938
MO Rev Stat § 58.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.410 - Witnesses — discharged, when — may be fined or imprisoned, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.410. Witnesses — discharged, when — may be fined or imprisoned, when. — If any witness so attached shall show reasonable excuse for not appearing, as required by the subpoena, he shall be discharged, either with or without the payment of the costs of the attachment, at the discretion of the coroner, but if he fail to show any good and sufficient reason for not attending, he shall be fined in such sum as the coroner shall think reasonable to impose, not exceeding ten dollars, and may be committed to the city or county jail until such fine and costs are paid, in like manner as persons may be committed for the nonpayment of fine and costs in criminal cases, and any fine so imposed and collected shall be paid into the school fund of the county or city in which the coroner holds his position. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13262)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11643; 1919 § 5951; 1909 § 2956
MO Rev Stat § 58.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.420 - Coroner to notify witnesses to appear.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.420. Coroner to notify witnesses to appear. — When an inquest shall be continued by the coroner, it shall be his duty forthwith to call before him all witnesses summoned in the case, and verbally notify such as may attend to appear before him, to testify at the inquest on the day set for the continuance of the same, which verbal notice shall be in all respects as valid as a summons, and the coroner shall take note of the names of the witnesses so notified. No further summons shall thereafter issue to any witness so notified, and such notification shall have the same effect as an original summons, and may be the basis for an attachment of the witness. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13263)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11644; 1919 § 5952; 1909 § 2957
MO Rev Stat § 58.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.430 - Witness attached may be discharged on bail.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.430. Witness attached may be discharged on bail. — When a writ of attachment, issued by the coroner, shall be executed, the officer may discharge such witness on his entering into recognizance to the state of Missouri, with sufficient bond, in the sum of one hundred dollars, with one or more sureties signing the same. The officer executing the writ is hereby authorized to take the same, providing for the appearance and due attendance of such witness, according to the command of such writ. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13264)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11645; 1919 § 5953; 1909 § 2958
MO Rev Stat § 58.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.440 - Refusal to testify — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.440. Refusal to testify — penalty. — Any person summoned as a witness to appear before the coroner, and attending, who shall refuse to give evidence which may be lawfully required to be given by such person, on oath or affirmation, may be committed to the city or county jail by the coroner, there to remain without bail until he give such evidence or be discharged by due course of law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13265)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11646; 1919 § 5954; 1909 § 2959
MO Rev Stat § 58.445 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.445 - Deaths due to motor vehicle or motorized watercraft accidents — report required when — tests for alcohol and drugs, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   58.445. Deaths due to motor vehicle or motorized watercraft accidents — report required when — tests for alcohol and drugs, when. — 1. If any person within a coroner's or medical examiner's jurisdiction dies within eight hours of, and as a result of, an accident involving a motor vehicle, the coroner or medical examiner shall report the death and circumstances of the accident to the Missouri state highway patrol in writing. If any person within a coroner's or medical examiner's jurisdiction dies within eight hours of, and as a result of, an accident involving a motorized watercraft and was thought to have been the operator of such watercraft, the coroner or medical examiner shall report the death and circumstances of the accident to the Missouri state highway patrol, water patrol division, in writing. The report required by this subsection shall be made within five days of the conclusion of the tests required in subsection 2 of this section.  2. The coroner or medical examiner shall make, or cause to be made, such tests as are necessary to determine the presence and percentage concentration of alcohol, and drugs if feasible, in the blood of the deceased. The results of these tests shall be included in the coroner's or medical examiner's report to the state highway patrol as required by subsection 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 41 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1982 S.B. 513, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
MO Rev Stat § 58.449 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.449 - Test results, how used, released, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   58.449. Test results, how used, released, when. — The contents of the report and results of any test made pursuant to the requirements or authorizations of sections 58.445 to 58.449 shall be used primarily for statistical purposes which do not reveal the identity of the deceased and shall not be public information. The contents of the report and the results of any test so made shall be released upon request to any person involved in the accident, spouse of or any family member related within the second degree of consanguinity to a person killed in the accident, attorney for a person involved in the accident, or insurer of a person involved in the accident or whose property is involved in an accident for purposes of investigation of any civil claim or defense. This information shall be released to other parties only upon the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum by a court of competent jurisdiction for use in any civil or criminal action arising out of the accident. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 41 § 4, A.L. 1982 S.B. 513, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1353)
MO Rev Stat § 58.455 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.455 - Death certificate, how furnished, form, where filed, when (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   58.455. Death certificate, how furnished, form, where filed, when (certain counties). — The coroner, in all deaths supposed to have been caused by violence or in a suspicious or unusual manner or unusual circumstances by the action of chemical, thermal or electrical agents, or following abortion, or from diseases resulting from injury or infection, or suddenly when not disabled by recognizable disease, shall furnish a death certificate in manner and form as provided by section 193.145. The death certificate shall be filed with the state registrar of vital statistics within thirty-six hours after the cause of death is known. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 334 § 2, A.L. 1959 H.B. 396, A.L. 1969 H.B. 314, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122, A.L. 1983 H.B. 477, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1164, A.L. 1989 S.B. 389)
MO Rev Stat § 58.457 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.457 - Penalty for failure to report death (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   58.457. Penalty for failure to report death (certain counties). — Any person failing to supply the information required by section 58.451 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty days, or by both the fine and imprisonment. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 334 § 3, A.L. 1959 H.B. 396)