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MO Rev Stat § 58.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.460 - Disposition of body a duty of coroner, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   58.460. Disposition of body a duty of coroner, when. — Whenever an inquest shall be held, or any case in which the coroner is involved, if there be no relative or friend of the deceased, nor any person willing to bury the body, nor any person whose duty it is to attend to such burial, the coroner shall order the embalming of the body, procure an inexpensive plain coffin, and cause a grave to be dug and the body to be conveyed thereto and buried, or shall cause the body to be cremated and shall cause the cremated remains to be disposed of in a lawful manner in a marked grave. It shall be the duty of the coroner, in so doing, to avoid all unnecessary expense, and to render to the commission an accurate statement of all money expended by him for such purpose; and the county commission shall make to him a reasonable allowance for his actual expenses in procuring the coffin, transporting the deceased to the grave, digging the grave and burying the body, or in obtaining such cremation and disposition of the cremated remains in a marked grave; and also a reasonable allowance, according to the circumstances, for his own time and services in attending to such preparations and burial, or to such cremation and disposition in a marked grave. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13245, A.L. 1989 H.B. 64 merged with S.B. 389)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11626; 1919 § 5934; 1909 § 2939
MO Rev Stat § 58.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.470 - Death by poisoning — coroner may have analysis and examination made.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.470. Death by poisoning — coroner may have analysis and examination made. — Whenever an inquest shall be held, and the coroner shall have good reason to believe that the deceased came to his death by poison administered by the hand of some person other than the deceased, he may, at the request of the jury, cause chemical analysis and microscopical examination of the body of the deceased, or any part of it, to be made; and the testimony of medical and chemical experts may be introduced for the purpose of showing how and in what manner the deceased came to his death; and the coroner shall certify to the county commission of his county the fact of such analysis or examination, and testimony of such medical or chemical experts, and that the same was, in his opinion, necessary to an examination into the cause of the death of the deceased; and the commission shall allow such fees or compensation for such analysis, examination or medical or chemical testimony of experts as shall be deemed by said commission to be just and reasonable. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13258)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11639; 1919 § 5947; 1909 § 2952  CROSS REFERENCE:  Autopsy, consent required, 194.115
MO Rev Stat § 58.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.490 - Unclaimed money or property found on deceased, turned over to public administrator by coroner.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   58.490. Unclaimed money or property found on deceased, turned over to public administrator by coroner. — The coroner, within thirty days after an inquest upon a dead body, shall deliver to the county or city public administrator any money or other property that may be found upon the body, unless claimed in the meantime by the legal representatives of the deceased. If he or she fails to do so, the public administrator may proceed against him or her for its recovery by a civil action in the name of the state for the use of the county or city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13266, A.L. 2001 H.B. 745)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11647; 1919 § 5955; 1909 § 2960
MO Rev Stat § 58.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.500 - Duty of public administrator on receipt of money or property.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   58.500. Duty of public administrator on receipt of money or property. — Upon delivery of any money to the public administrator, he or she shall follow the procedures as set out in section 473.743. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13267, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 497)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11648; 1919 § 5956; 1909 § 2961
MO Rev Stat § 58.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.520 - Fees of coroners.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.520. Fees of coroners. — Coroners shall be allowed fees for their services as follows; provided, that when persons come to their death at the same time or by the same casualty, fees shall only be paid as for one examination:   For the view of a dead body $5.00   For issuing a warrant summoning each jury of inquest .75   For swearing each jury .50   For each subpoena for witnesses (all names to be put in one subpoena if possible) .25   For taking each recognizance (all names to be put in one recognizance) .75   For going from his residence to the place of viewing a dead body and return, each mile .08   ­­The above fees, together with the fees allowed jurors, constables and witnesses, in all inquests, shall be paid out of the county treasury as other demands. For performing the duties of sheriff, the coroners shall be entitled to the same fees as are for the time being allowed to sheriffs for the same services. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13424)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11802; 1919 § 11010; 1909 § 10713
MO Rev Stat § 58.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.530 - Additional fees, when allowed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.530. Additional fees, when allowed. — Whenever the coroner, being himself a physician or surgeon, shall conduct a postmortem examination of the dead body of a person who came to his death by violence or casualty, and it shall appear to the county commission that such examination was necessary to ascertain the cause of such person's death, the county commission may allow the coroner therefor an additional fee, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, to be paid as his other fees in views and inquests; but section 58.560 shall not be construed to apply to any such examination when made by the coroner himself. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13257)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11638; 1919 § 5946; 1909 § 2951
MO Rev Stat § 58.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.540 - Compensation for taking testimony.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.540. Compensation for taking testimony. — For taking down the testimony at an inquest, the coroner shall be allowed ten cents for every hundred words, and twenty-five cents for certifying the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13247)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11628; 1919 § 5936; 1909 § 2941
MO Rev Stat § 58.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.550 - Liability for costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   58.550. Liability for costs. — If an inquest is held over the body of a minor, the parent or conservator of the minor is liable for the costs and expenses of burial. If the person over whose body an inquest is held has any estate, the cost and expenses of burial shall be paid out of his estate. If there is no estate nor person liable and able to pay the expenses, they shall be allowed by the county commission out of the county treasury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13249, A.L. 1959 S.B. 69, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11630; 1919 § 5938; 1909 § 2943
MO Rev Stat § 58.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.560 - Surgeon's fee for postmortem examination, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   58.560. Surgeon's fee for postmortem examination, how paid. — When a physician, surgeon or pathologist shall be called on by the coroner, or any associate circuit judge of the county acting as the coroner, to conduct a postmortem examination, the county commission of said county shall be authorized to allow such physician, surgeon, or pathologist to be paid out of the county treasury, such fees or compensation as shall be deemed by said commission to be just and reasonable. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13250, A.L. 1949 p. 298)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11631; 1919 § 5939; 1909 § 2944
MO Rev Stat § 58.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.570 - Coroner to certify costs to county commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   58.570. Coroner to certify costs to county commission. — The coroner or other officer holding an inquest, as provided for by this chapter, shall present to the county commission within thirty days of the termination of the inquest a certified statement of all the costs and expenses of the inquest, including his own fees, the fees of jurors, witnesses, constables and others entitled to fees for which the county is liable; and the county commission shall audit and allow the same, and shall make a certified copy of the same, without delay, and deliver such copy to the county treasurer, which copy shall be deemed a sufficient warrant or order on the treasurer for the payment of the fees therein specified to each person entitled to such fees. The county treasurer shall pay to each person on demand, or to his legal representatives, the fees to which he is thus entitled, and shall take the proper receipt therefor, and produce the same in his settlements with the county commission as vouchers for the money so paid out by him. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13251, A.L. 1957 p. 339)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11632; 1919 § 5940; 1909 § 2945
MO Rev Stat § 58.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.580 - Costs and fees, when not allowed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.580. Costs and fees, when not allowed. — No costs or fees to the coroner shall be allowed by the county commission, in any case of the view of or inquest on a dead body, unless it appears to the commission that the coroner, either before or during the view or inquest, had reasonable cause to believe that such body was that of a person who had come to his death by violence or casualty, or who, being unknown, was found dead within such county; but where any such inquest or view has been held by the coroner, on a notification by some person, without reasonable cause to suppose that such dead body was that of a person unknown, or who had come to his death by violence or casualty, the person giving such notification, without reasonable cause, as aforesaid, shall be liable to pay all the costs, fees and expenses of such view or inquest. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13252)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11633; 1919 § 5941; 1909 § 2946
MO Rev Stat § 58.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.590 - When costs to be paid by relatives.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.590. When costs to be paid by relatives. — Whenever any known person shall have died from any cause other than violence or casualty, and a certificate of the cause of death is necessary for the burial of the body of such person, the coroner shall, at the request of the relatives or friends of such person, hold a view or inquest on the body, and the person making such request shall pay all costs, fees and expenses of such inquest or view, nor shall the county be liable for any of them unless it shall appear to the county commission that in such a view or inquest there appeared reasonable cause to suspect that said dead person came to his death by violence or casualty, in which case the costs, fees and expenses of such view or inquest shall be paid as in ordinary cases; and although such person may have died from disease or natural cause, where, under this section, the county is not liable for the fees, costs and expenses of a view or inquest, and the same cannot be made out of the person requesting the same, or out of the estate of the deceased, the county commission may, in its discretion, allow and pay the fees of necessary witnesses at the view or inquest; but all services of the coroner, constable and other officers in or about the same shall be rendered gratuitously, as in the case of a suit by a plaintiff permitted to sue as a poor person. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13253)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11634; 1919 § 5942; 1909 § 2947
MO Rev Stat § 58.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.600 - Fraudulent charges — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   58.600. Fraudulent charges — penalty. — Any coroner who shall knowingly charge to any person, or present to the county commission for allowance, any items of fees, costs and expenses not authorized by law, or for any service not actually performed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall forthwith be removed from office. Such removal shall be declared in the judgment for such misdemeanor, and thereupon the office of such coroner shall be declared vacant, and his successor appointed according to law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13254)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11635; 1919 § 5943; 1909 § 2948
MO Rev Stat § 58.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.610 - Costs, when paid in advance.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   58.610. Costs, when paid in advance. — The county commission may authorize and require the coroner to pay, at the view or inquest itself, the legal fees due to jurors, witnesses and interpreters at the same, out of money to be advanced to him, from time to time, out of the county funds, and for the legal disbursement of which he and his sureties shall be liable on his official bond, in any county in which such order shall have been made by the county commission thereof; jurors, witnesses and interpreters, at any view or inquest, shall receive only such fees as are allowed by law, for the time being, for like services in a civil case before an associate circuit judge; and the county commission may prescribe the form and manner in which the coroner shall make proof to it of his payment of such fees. It shall be the duty of the coroner to summon to the view or inquest only such number of witnesses as, from a preliminary inquiry into the nature of the case, and the cause of the death, may reasonably appear sufficient to prove the essential facts thereof; and if it shall appear to the county commission that any witness had been unnecessarily summoned to testify at a view or inquest, the fees paid as aforesaid to such witness shall not be allowed in favor of the coroner in the settlement of his account for the money so advanced to him as aforesaid, except in a case in which some credible person shall have declared, under oath, to the coroner, that the person whose body is to be viewed came to his death by violence, or other criminal act of another, the coroner shall not summon any jury, but shall himself view the body and declare the cause of death. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13255, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11636; 1919 § 5944; 1909 § 2949  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 58.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.620 - Coroner's duties as to costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   58.620. Coroner's duties as to costs. — It shall be the duty of the coroner to execute any requirement of the county commission, made by virtue of section 58.610, for the payment of fees at views and inquests. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13256, A.L. 1955 p. 347)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11637; 1919 § 5945; 1909 § 2950
MO Rev Stat § 58.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.700 - Medical examiner appointed, certain counties — option for certain counties with elected office of coroner to retain coroner or appoint a medical examiner, procedure, compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   58.700. Medical examiner appointed, certain counties — option for certain counties with elected office of coroner to retain coroner or appoint a medical examiner, procedure, compensation. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 and subsection 3 of this section, the governing body of all counties of the second classification which prior to January 1, 1975, have a population of more than one hundred twenty thousand and less than two hundred thousand and all counties of the first classification not having a charter form of government shall appoint a county medical examiner and set his compensation.  2. The county governing body of any county of the first classification which has a population of at least ninety thousand but less than ninety-one thousand inhabitants and the county governing body of any county of the first classification which has a population of at least sixty thousand but less than seventy thousand inhabitants which borders a county of the third classification which has a population of at least thirty-five thousand inhabitants may, within one year after becoming a county of the first classification, elect to retain the office of coroner as set forth in this chapter, or may appoint a county medical examiner within such year or at any time thereafter, except that any decision to appoint a county medical examiner after such year shall be made at least one year prior to the expiration of the term of office of the county coroner. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the governing body of the county shall set the compensation of the coroner or medical examiner without regard to any schedule.  3. The county governing body of any county which becomes a county of the first classification after December 31, 1998, may, within one year after becoming a county of the first classification, adopt an order retaining the county coroner until such time as the county commission subsequently adopts an order appointing a medical examiner. Any subsequent decision to appoint a county medical examiner shall be made at least one year prior to the expiration of the term of office of the county coroner. The governing body of the county shall set the compensation of the coroner or medical examiner without regard to any schedule. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 122 § 1, A.L. 1991 S.B. 386, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1504 merged with S.B. 806, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11)
MO Rev Stat § 58.705 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.705 - Qualifications, tenure — vacancy, how filled (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.705. Qualifications, tenure — vacancy, how filled (certain counties). — 1. The county medical examiner shall be a physician duly licensed to practice by the state board of the healing arts.  2. The county medical examiner shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the county. In the event of a vacancy in the office of county medical examiner, the governing body of the county shall appoint a successor. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 §§ 2, 3)
MO Rev Stat § 58.710 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.710 - Assistant examiners and employees — appointment, compensation (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.710. Assistant examiners and employees — appointment, compensation (certain counties). — 1. The county medical examiner may appoint, with the approval of the governing body of the county and subject to such terms and conditions and at such rates of compensation as the governing body of the county may prescribe, assistant county medical examiners and such other professional or technical personnel, clerks and other employees as may be necessary to carry out 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 in that county.  2. Assistant county medical examiners shall have the same qualifications as the county medical examiner and may perform all duties of the county medical examiner during his absence. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 §§ 4, 5)
MO Rev Stat § 58.715 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.715 - Duties of medical examiner — prosecuting attorney to act as sheriff, when (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.715. Duties of medical examiner — prosecuting attorney to act as sheriff, when (certain counties). — In addition to the duties prescribed by sections 58.010, 58.020, 58.060, 58.090, 58.160, 58.375, 58.451, 58.455 and 58.700 to 58.765 the medical examiner shall perform those duties and functions prescribed by law for coroners which are not in conflict with 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; except that, the medical examiner shall not perform any duty of the sheriff. The duties of the sheriff which are prescribed by law for coroners shall be performed by the prosecuting attorney in all counties in which there is a medical examiner. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 58.725 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.725 - Autopsy, when — performed by whom — report filed (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.725. Autopsy, when — performed by whom — report filed (certain counties). — In cases in which, in the opinion of the medical examiner, an autopsy is necessary, the autopsy shall be performed by the medical examiner if he is a pathologist or by such competent pathologist as may be authorized and employed by the medical examiner. A detailed description of the findings of the autopsy, and the conclusions drawn therefrom, shall be filed in the office of the medical examiner. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 9)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Pituitary gland to be retained unless contrary indication by decedent or next of kin, 58.770
MO Rev Stat § 58.730 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.730 - Law enforcement officers to cooperate with medical examiner (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.730. Law enforcement officers to cooperate with medical examiner (certain counties). — All law enforcement officers and other officials shall cooperate fully with the department of the medical examiner and shall report immediately any death which comes to their knowledge under any of the circumstances set forth in section 58.720, subsection 1. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 58.735 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests|Section 58.735 - Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   58.735. Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties). — After an investigation has been completed, including an autopsy if one is made, the dead body shall be delivered to the relatives or friends of the deceased person for burial. If no person claims the body, it shall be disposed of as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 11)