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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.050 - Oath — bond.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
58.050. Oath — bond. —
All coroners, before they enter upon the duties of their office, shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution, and shall give bond to the state of Missouri, in the penalty of at least one thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, residents of the county, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13228)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11609; 1919 § 5917; 1909 § 2922
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.060 - Bond — sufficiency, how determined (certain counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973
58.060. Bond — sufficiency, how determined (certain counties). —
The county commission shall, once in every year, in each county where a coroner is elected, examine into the sufficiency of the official bond given by the coroner, and the sureties thereto; and if it shall appear that the bond of any coroner, or the sureties thereto, are insufficient, the commission shall cause a record thereof to be made by their clerk, and shall give notice thereof to the coroner, and require him to give a new bond, to the satisfaction of the commission, within such time as they shall order.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13229, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11610; 1919 § 5918; 1909 § 2923
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.070 - Failure to give bond — office vacated.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
58.070. Failure to give bond — office vacated. —
If a coroner neglect to give bond and qualify within twenty days after his election, or shall fail to give bond when required under the preceding section, his office shall be deemed vacant.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13230)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11611; 1919 § 5919; 1909 § 2924
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.090 - Salary in lieu of fees (certain second class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• Effective - 01 Jan 1988, see footnote
58.090. Salary in lieu of fees (certain second class counties). —
In all counties of the second class in which a coroner is required by section 58.010, the coroner shall receive an annual salary in lieu of all fees, charges, emoluments, and money due to, or receivable by, the coroner, by virtue of any statute, for services rendered.
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(L. 1945 p. 1560 § 1, L. 1953 p. 384 § 1, A.L. 1959 S.B. 69, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.)
Effective 1-01-88
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.096 - Compensation of deputy coroner, additional — training program, certification.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 2003
58.096. Compensation of deputy coroner, additional — training program, certification. —
Each deputy county coroner upon certification by the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association of attendance at a training program required by the provisions of subsection 2 of section 58.095 shall receive annual compensation, in addition to other compensation, of one thousand dollars per year so long as subsection 2 of section 58.095 remains in effect. This additional compensation shall be paid in the same manner and at the same times as other compensation is paid to the deputy county coroner. The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation received by any person holding the office of deputy county coroner on January 1, 1989.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 389 § 1, A.L. 2003 S.B. 376)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.100 - Fees (third and fourth class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
58.100. Fees (third and fourth class counties). —
The coroner in counties of the third and fourth classes, shall charge and collect on behalf of the county every fee accruing to his office by law, except such fees as are chargeable to the county, and shall report and pay such fees over to the county treasurer in the manner provided by law.
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(L. 1945 p. 992 § 2, L. 1945 p. 1551 § 2, A. 1949 H.B. 2016)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.120 - Travel expense (counties of third and fourth classification).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1994
58.120. Travel expense (counties of third and fourth classification). —
In each county of the third and fourth classifications, the county commission shall allow the coroner, payable at the end of each month out of the county treasury, the amount provided under section 50.333 for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of the coroner's official duties.
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(L. 1945 p. 992 § 1a, A.L. 1961 p. 300, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1486)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.160 - Deputies, appointment, compensation.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
58.160. Deputies, appointment, compensation. —
The coroner, in all counties in this state in which a coroner is required by section 58.010 may have a deputy. In such counties which now contain or may hereafter contain a city of seventy-five thousand inhabitants and less than two hundred thousand inhabitants, may have such a number of deputies and assistants, to be recommended by the coroner and appointed by the county commission as deemed necessary for the prompt and proper discharge of the duties of his office, and such deputies and assistants shall be divided into classes as follows: Class "A", assistants or deputies; class "B", assistants or deputies; class "C", office clerks and copyists. Class "A" assistants or deputies shall be paid sixteen hundred and eighty dollars per year. Class "B" assistants or deputies shall be paid fifteen hundred dollars per year. Class "C" office clerks and copyists shall be paid twelve hundred dollars per year. All other counties shall appoint a deputy coroner, at the request of and upon the recommendation of the coroner, who may discharge all duties and exercise all powers of the coroner, and shall receive the compensation of the coroner while serving in the coroner's absence, be compensated as provided by the county commission or serve without compensation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13489, A. 1949 H.B. 2016, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1164, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1486)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11857; 1919 § 11065
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.180 - To be conservator of the peace.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1989
58.180. To be conservator of the peace. —
A coroner shall be a conservator of the peace throughout his county, and shall take inquests of violent and casual deaths happening in the same, or where the body of any person coming to his death shall be discovered in his county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13227, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11608; 1919 § 5916; 1909 § 2921
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.190 - To execute process when sheriff disqualified.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
58.190. To execute process when sheriff disqualified. —
Every coroner, within the county for which he is elected or appointed, shall serve and execute all writs and precepts, and perform all other duties of the sheriff, when the sheriff shall be a party, or when it shall appear to the court out of which the process shall issue, or to the clerk thereof, in vacation, that the sheriff is interested in the suit, related to or prejudiced against any party thereto, or in any wise disqualified from acting; in such case, the county commission may require the coroner to give an additional bond.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13144)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11524; 1919 § 11648; 1909 § 11218
(1964) Where defendant made oral motion to quash jury panel on ground it was summoned by sheriff who was prosecuting witness for the first time on the day of trial, and in view of fact that it was the regular venire selected by the jury commission and defendant conceded no wrongdoing of sheriff in summoning the jury, and in view of fact that defendant waited until the last minute and venire panel was in attendance, it was not error for court to overrule motion to quash but court's calling the panel into the box without having them summoned or resummoned by the coroner was error. State v. Parker (A.), 378 S.W.2d 274.
(1968) Sheriff who was candidate in election under contest was not qualified to serve summons on contestee and attempted service was insufficient to confer jurisdiction. Jones v. Buckley (Mo.), 425 S.W.2d 204.
(1973) Held that jury panel summoned by coroner where sheriff was "interested" in case should not be quashed because some of jurors summoned by coroner were the same persons formerly summoned by the sheriff for the regular jury panel. State v. Lawson (A.), 501 S.W.2d 176.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.200 - Coroner to perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant — additional compensation, when.

There are multiple enactments of 58.200
Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
*58.200. Coroner to perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant — additional compensation, when. —
When the office of sheriff shall be vacant, by death or otherwise, the coroner of the county is authorized to perform all the duties which are by law required to be performed by the sheriff, until another sheriff for such county shall be appointed and qualified and such coroner shall have notice thereof. In such case, said coroner may appoint one or more deputies, with the approbation of the judge of the circuit court, and every such appointment, with the oath of office endorsed thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county. If the coroner becomes the acting sheriff and the sheriff is no longer receiving the sheriff's salary, the coroner may be paid, in addition to the coroner's salary, the difference between the salaries of sheriff and coroner so that the coroner receives the equivalent of the sheriff's salary while serving as acting sheriff.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13145, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1606)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11525; 1919 § 11649; 1909 § 11219
*Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al. (see 2023 annotation below).
(2023) The inclusion of Section 67.2300 in H.B. 1606 from 2022 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23 of the Missouri Constitution. The remaining provisions of H.B. 1606 could not be severed and the bill is declared invalid in its entirety. Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al., Case No. SC100045 (Mo.banc, Dec. 19, 2023).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.200 - To perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant.

There are multiple enactments of 58.200
Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1939, 2 histories
*58.200. To perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant. —
When the office of sheriff shall be vacant, by death or otherwise, the coroner of the county is authorized to perform all the duties which are by law required to be performed by the sheriff, until another sheriff for such county shall be appointed and qualified, and such coroner shall have notice thereof, and in such case, said coroner may appoint one or more deputies, with the approbation of the judge of the circuit court; and every such appointment, with the oath of office endorsed thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13145)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11525; 1919 § 11649; 1909 § 11219
*Revisor's Note: This section is reprinted in accordance with section 3.066. H.B. 1606, 2022, was declared unconstitutional (see 2023 annotation below), rendering the repeal and reenactment of this section ineffective.
(2023) The inclusion of Section 67.2300 in H.B. 1606 from 2022 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23 of the Missouri Constitution. The remaining provisions of H.B. 1606 could not be severed and the bill is declared invalid in its entirety. Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al., Case No. SC100045 (Mo.banc, Dec. 19, 2023).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.205 - Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner's duties, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1986
58.205. Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner's duties, when. —
The sheriff of the proper county or his chief deputy shall, in the temporary absence of the coroner and deputy for any reason, perform all the duties imposed by law upon the coroner.
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(L. 1951 p. 374 § 58.005, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1164)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.206 - Special deputy coroner or special deputy medical examiner may be appointed, when — record-keeping requirements.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 2006
58.206. Special deputy coroner or special deputy medical examiner may be appointed, when — record-keeping requirements. —
1. The coroner or medical examiner of any county or any city not within a county may, for a period not to exceed thirty days, appoint a special deputy coroner or special deputy medical examiner in the event of any natural disaster, mass casualty, or other emergency situation. Such special deputy coroners or medical examiners shall be the coroner or medical examiner or deputy coroner or medical examiner of any other county in the state who is willing to serve under this section. Any special deputy coroner or medical examiner appointed under this section shall be directly supervised by the coroner or medical examiner making the appointment, and shall not receive any compensation for services rendered, but shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties under this section. Such expenses shall be paid upon the receipt of an itemized record of such expenses approved by the coroner or medical examiner making the appointment.
2. The coroner or medical examiner making the appointment shall keep accurate records of all persons appointed under this section, and such records shall include the full name, address, date of birth, date of appointment, and date released from the appointment of the special deputy coroner or medical examiner appointed under this section. The coroner or medical examiner making an appointment under this section shall file such records with the county clerk in such coroner's or medical examiner's county.
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(L. 2006 H.B. 1222 § 58.217)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.208 - Death certificate fees, deposit in training fund — use of moneys — fund created — state of emergency or disaster, request for reimbursement.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
58.208. Death certificate fees, deposit in training fund — use of moneys — fund created — state of emergency or disaster, request for reimbursement. —
1. One dollar of the fee collected for any death certificate issued under section 193.265 shall be deposited into the Missouri state coroners' training fund established under subsection 2 of this section. Moneys in such fund shall be used by the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association:
(1) For in-state training, equipment, and necessary supplies; and
(2) To provide aid to training programs approved by the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association.
2. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Missouri State Coroners' Training Fund", which shall consist of moneys collected under subsection 1 of this section. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in the fund shall be used solely for the administration of subsection 1 of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund over the amount of five hundred thousand dollars shall revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.
3. Local registrars may, during states of emergency or disaster, request reimbursement from the fund for copies of death certificates issued to individuals who are unable to afford the associated fees.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 2046)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 195)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.270 - Sheriff to execute warrant.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.280 - Failure to execute warrant — penalty.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13233, A.L. 1945 p. 990)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11614; 1919 § 5922; 1909 § 2927
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13234)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11615; 1919 § 5923; 1909 § 2928
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13235)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11616; 1919 § 5924; 1909 § 2929
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13236, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11617; 1919 § 5925; 1909 § 2930
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.320 - Jury to remain together — exception.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.330 - Coroner to issue subpoenas.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13238, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11619; 1919 § 5927; 1909 § 2932
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13239, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11620; 1919 § 5928; 1909 § 2933
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13240)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11621; 1919 § 5929; 1909 § 2934
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13241, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2002 merged with S.B. 1113)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11622; 1919 § 5930; 1909 § 2935
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13242, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11623; 1919 § 5931; 1909 § 2936
Effective 1-02-79
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1953 p. 384 § 1, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1164, A.L. 1989 S.B. 389)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13260)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11641; 1919 § 5949; 1909 § 2954
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13261, A. 1949 H.B. 2016)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11642; 1919 § 5950; 1909 § 2955
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13244, A.L. 1945 p. 990)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11625; 1919 § 5933; 1909 § 2938
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13262)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11643; 1919 § 5951; 1909 § 2956
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13263)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11644; 1919 § 5952; 1909 § 2957
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13264)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11645; 1919 § 5953; 1909 § 2958
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.440 - Refusal to testify — penalty.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13265)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11646; 1919 § 5954; 1909 § 2959
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(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)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 41 § 4, A.L. 1982 S.B. 513, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1353)
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(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)
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1957 p. 334 § 3, A.L. 1959 H.B. 396)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13245, A.L. 1989 H.B. 64 merged with S.B. 389)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11626; 1919 § 5934; 1909 § 2939
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13258)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11639; 1919 § 5947; 1909 § 2952
CROSS REFERENCE:
Autopsy, consent required, 194.115
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13266, A.L. 2001 H.B. 745)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11647; 1919 § 5955; 1909 § 2960
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13267, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 497)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11648; 1919 § 5956; 1909 § 2961