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MO Rev Stat § 58.740 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.740 - Records, contents, how kept (certain counties)

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.740. Records, contents, how kept (certain counties) — The medical examiner shall keep full and complete records in his office, properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of each* deceased person investigated under sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 the place where the body was found, date and cause of death, and all other available information. The original report of the medical examiner or pathologist and the detailed findings of the autopsy, if any, shall be attached to the record of each case. The medical examiner shall promptly deliver to the prosecuting attorney of the county copies of all records relating to every death in which, in the judgment of such medical examiner, further investigation may be deemed advisable. The prosecuting attorney of the county may obtain from the office of the medical examiner copies of these records or other information which he may deem necessary. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 12)  *Word "each" does not appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 58.745 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.745 - Oaths, shall administer — examinations — affidavits (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.745. Oaths, shall administer — examinations — affidavits (certain counties). — The medical examiners shall administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits, and make examinations as to any matter within the jurisdiction of their respective offices, but the medical examiners shall not be required to summon a jury of inquisition. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 13)
MO Rev Stat § 58.750 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.750 - Penalty for failing to supply information (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.750. Penalty for failing to supply information (certain counties). — Any person failing to supply the information required by section 58.720, subsection 6*, is guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished 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. 1973 S.B. 122 § 14)  *Statutory reference to subsection "4" change to "6" in accordance with section 3.060 based on renumbering within section 58.720 by H.B. 2046, 2020.
MO Rev Stat § 58.760 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.760 - Election to adopt, when — form of ballot — transition provisions (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   58.760. Election to adopt, when — form of ballot — transition provisions (certain counties). — 1. The provisions of sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 may be adopted by any other county of this state after approval by a vote of the people of the county. The governing body of the county may make an order presenting the question for the establishment of a county medical examiner and shall, upon a petition signed by a number of voters in the county equal to five percent of the total vote cast in the county at the last preceding election for governor requesting an election on the question, submit the proposition at an election.  2. The proposition shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the office of county medical examiner be established?  3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote for the adoption of a county medical examiner, the provisions of sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 shall apply to the county.  4. The coroner in any county adopting sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 in office at the time the county adopts sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 shall not be removed from office during the remainder of the term of office for which he was elected, but upon the expiration of his term, or upon his death or resignation, the office of coroner is abolished in the county and a county medical examiner shall be approved as provided in sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765.  5. As used in sections 58.700 through 58.765 in reference to any county of the first class composed entirely of a city with a population of more than six hundred thousand, the term "governing body of the county" means the mayor of such city, and the terms "city medical examiner" or "assistant city medical examiner" shall be used in lieu of "county medical examiner" or "assistant county medical examiner". ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 16, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  (1975) Language "any other county" includes city of St. Louis. This section does not violate Art. VI § 22 Const. of Mo., State ex rel. McClellan v. Godfrey (Mo.), 519 S.W.2d 4.
MO Rev Stat § 58.765 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.765 - Two or more counties may contract for medical examiner to serve them jointly (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.765. Two or more counties may contract for medical examiner to serve them jointly (certain counties). — Any two or more counties adopting the provisions of sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 or to whom sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 apply may by contract among themselves join in the appointment of a county medical examiner to serve all such counties. The governing body of all the counties shall approve the contract, administer the appointment and allocate the costs among the counties. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 17)
MO Rev Stat § 58.770 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.770 - Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or next of kin has indicated a contrary intention.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   58.770. Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or next of kin has indicated a contrary intention. — When an autopsy is performed by a coroner's physician or medical examiner under authority granted by sections 58.451 and 58.725, the physician or medical examiner may retain the pituitary gland removed at the time of autopsy unless a contrary indication was given by the decedent or is declared by the next of kin for purposes of medical research, education and therapy. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 726 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 58.775 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.775 - Applicability of definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   58.775. Applicability of definitions. — For the purpose of sections 58.775 to 58.785, the definitions in section 194.210 are applicable. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 58.780 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.780 - Cooperation with procurement organization required — postmortem examination requirements — removal of body parts permitted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   58.780. Cooperation with procurement organization required — postmortem examination requirements — removal of body parts permitted, when. — 1. A coroner or medical examiner shall cooperate with a procurement organization to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.  2. If a coroner or medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner or medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 58.785, the coroner or medical examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a time period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.  3. A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a coroner or medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 59.003 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.003 - Requests for records dated after December 31, 1969 to be made at original recorder's office.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   59.003. Requests for records dated after December 31, 1969 to be made at original recorder's office. — All requests for records filed or recorded by the recorder of deeds under this chapter dated after December 31, 1969, shall be made to the office of the recorder of deeds in which the record was originally recorded. ­­-------- (L. 2010 H.B. 1643)
MO Rev Stat § 59.005 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.005 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   59.005. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:  (1) "Copying" or "reproducing", any recorded instrument or document, the act of making a single reproduction in any medium of a recorded document or instrument;  (2) "Document" or "instrument", any writing or drawing presented to the recorder of deeds for recording;  (3) "Duplicate", copies, copies requested concurrently with, but in excess of one reproduction in any medium of a recorded instrument or document or collection thereof;  (4) "File", "filed" or "filing", the act of delivering or transmitting a document to the recorder of deeds for recording into the official public record;  (5) "Grantor" or "grantee", the names of the parties involved in the transaction used to create the recording index;  (6) "Legal description" includes but is not limited to the lot or parts thereof, block, plat or replat number, plat book and page and the name of any recorded plat or a metes and bounds description with acreage, if stated in the description, or the quarter/quarter section, and the section, township and range of property, or any combination thereof. The address of the property shall not be accepted as legal description;  (7) "Legible", all text, seals, drawings, signatures or other content within the document must be capable of producing a clear and readable image from record, regardless of the process used for recording;  (8) "Page", any writing, printing or drawing printed on one side only covering all or part of the page, not larger than eight and one-half inches in width and eleven inches in height for pages other than a plat or survey;  (9) "Record", "recorded" or "recording", the recording of a document into the official public record, regardless of the process used;  (10) "Recorder of deeds", the separate recorder of deeds in those counties where separate from the circuit clerk and the circuit clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds in those counties where the offices are combined. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 606 merged with S.B. 288 merged with S.B. 515, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
MO Rev Stat § 59.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.010 - Office created.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   59.010. Office created. — There shall be an office of recorder in each county in the state to be styled "The Office of the Recorder of Deeds". ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13147, A.L. 1941 p. 524, A.L. 1945 p. 1424)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11526; 1919 § 10551; 1909 § 10364
MO Rev Stat § 59.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.020 - Election — term of office (first, second and third class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   59.020. Election — term of office (first, second and third class counties). — In all counties of the first and second classes, and in counties of the third class where the offices of clerk of the circuit court and recorder of deeds are separate, the qualified electors thereof, in the November election in the year 1946 and every four years thereafter, shall elect some suitable person as recorder who shall hold office for four years and until his successor is elected, commissioned, and qualified. He shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of January next following the election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13155, L. 1945 p. 1424 § 13147a, A.L. 1959 S.B. 70)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11541; 1919 § 10566; 1909 § 10379
MO Rev Stat § 59.021 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.021 - Qualifications when offices of clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   59.021. Qualifications when offices of clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate. — A candidate for county recorder where the offices of the clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate, except in any city not within a county or any county having a charter form of government, shall be at least twenty-one years of age, a registered voter, and a resident of the state of Missouri as well as the county in which he or she is a candidate for at least one year prior to the date of the general election. Upon election to office, the person shall continue to reside in that county during his or her tenure in office. Each candidate for county recorder shall provide to the election authority a copy of an affidavit from a surety company authorized to do business in this state that indicates the candidate is able to satisfy the bond requirements under section 59.100. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 186, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)
MO Rev Stat § 59.022 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.022 - Vacancy when offices of clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate, how filled.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   59.022. Vacancy when offices of clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate, how filled. — In the event of a vacancy caused by death or resignation in the office of county recorder where the offices of the clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate, except in any city not within a county or any county with a charter form of government, the county commission shall appoint a deputy recorder or a qualified person to serve as an interim recorder of deeds until the unexpired term is filled under section 105.030. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 186)
MO Rev Stat § 59.041 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.041 - Separation of offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds (certain second class counties) — office to be placed on ballot, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   59.041. Separation of offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds (certain second class counties) — office to be placed on ballot, when. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or chapter 478, or any other provision of law in conflict with the provisions of this section, in any county which becomes a county of the second class after September 28, 1987, and wherein the offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds are combined, such combination shall continue until the governing body of the county authorizes the separation of the offices as provided in section 59.042.  2. Each county in which the circuit clerk ex officio recorder of deeds was appointed to office before August 28, 2003, shall place the office on the ballot at the general election in November, 2006, and the person elected at the general election shall be the circuit clerk ex officio recorder of deeds of the county until a successor is elected and qualified pursuant to section 483.015. The person in such office on August 28, 2003, shall continue to hold office until a successor is elected and qualified pursuant to this subsection unless sooner removed. In the event that the county separates the offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds before the general election in November, 2006, the person in office at the time of the separation shall continue to perform the duties of the offices until a successor is elected and qualified for each office pursuant to this section, section 59.020, and section 483.015, unless sooner removed. ­­-------- (L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2003 S.B. 186)
MO Rev Stat § 59.042 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.042 - Vote required to separate offices of circuit court clerk and recorder of deeds, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   59.042. Vote required to separate offices of circuit court clerk and recorder of deeds, when. — In any county where the offices of clerk of the circuit court and the recorder of deeds are combined, the governing body of said county, by public vote, may authorize the separation of the two offices. In all counties where the offices are separated after August 28, 2003, the qualified voters shall elect a separate recorder of deeds at the next general election. Thereafter, the recorder of deeds shall be elected pursuant to section 59.020. ­­-------- (L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2003 S.B. 186)
MO Rev Stat § 59.043 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.043 - Circuit court clerk elected, when.

Effective - 01 Jul 2001   59.043. Circuit court clerk elected, when. — In all counties where the recorder of deeds and the clerk of the circuit court are separated after December 31, 2003, in the next November general election, and every four years thereafter, the qualified voters of such county shall elect some suitable person as circuit court clerk who shall hold office for four years until a successor is elected, commissioned and qualified. Such person shall enter upon the duties of office on the first day of January next following the election. ­­-------- (L. 2001 S.B. 288)  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.044 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.044 - Certain recorders to be paid statutory compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   59.044. Certain recorders to be paid statutory compensation. — In any county, except counties with a charter form of government, counties of the first classification, and any city not within a county, where the recorder of deeds is separate from that of the clerk of the circuit court, each recorder of deeds shall be paid the statutory compensation provided for by sections 50.333 and 50.334. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
MO Rev Stat § 59.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.080 - Failure to give bond — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.080. Failure to give bond — penalty. — No recorder shall enter upon or officiate in his office before he has given such security, upon pain of forfeiting the sum of three hundred dollars, one-half to the county and the other half to him who shall sue for the same, to be recovered by civil action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13152)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11531; 1919 § 10556; 1909 § 10369
MO Rev Stat § 59.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.090 - Circuit clerk to be ex officio recorder, exceptions (fourth class counties).

Effective - 01 Jul 2001   59.090. Circuit clerk to be ex officio recorder, exceptions (fourth class counties). — 1. In all counties of the fourth class, the clerks of the circuit court shall be ex officio recorder for their respective counties, unless the governing body of such county has separated the two offices pursuant to sections 59.042 and 59.043.  2. With respect to any county that elects to separate the offices of clerk of the circuit court and recorder of deeds, all references in statutes to the "circuit clerk ex officio recorder of deeds" shall be deemed, after the separation, to refer to either the circuit clerk or the recorder of deeds, as appropriate in the context of the reference. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13149, A.L. 1945 p. 1424 § 13147b, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11528; 1919 § 10553; 1909 § 10366  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.100 - Bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   59.100. Bond. — 1. Every recorder elected as provided in section 59.020, before entering upon the duties of the office as recorder, shall enter into bond to the state, in a sum set by the county commission, with sufficient sureties, not less than two, to be approved by the commission, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties enjoined on such person by law as recorder, and for the delivering up of the records, books, papers, writings, seals, furniture and apparatus belonging to the office, whole, safe and undefaced, to such officer's successor.  2. For a recorder elected after December 31, 2021, the bond shall be no less than five thousand dollars. For a recorder elected before January 1, 2022, the bond shall be no less than one thousand dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 13150, 13155, A.L. 1959 S.B. 70, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1528, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11529; 1919 § 10554; 1909 § 10367  CROSS REFERENCE:  Sureties on bonds of county officers, qualifications, 107.010 to 107.070
MO Rev Stat § 59.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.110 - Bond of clerk — deposited, recorded (fourth class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.110. Bond of clerk — deposited, recorded (fourth class counties). — Such bonds shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and by him recorded. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13151)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11530; 1919 § 10555; 1909 § 10368