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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.520 - Fees of coroners.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13424)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11802; 1919 § 11010; 1909 § 10713
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.530 - Additional fees, when allowed.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13257)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11638; 1919 § 5946; 1909 § 2951
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.540 - Compensation for taking testimony.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13247)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11628; 1919 § 5936; 1909 § 2941
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.550 - Liability for costs.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13249, A.L. 1959 S.B. 69, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11630; 1919 § 5938; 1909 § 2943
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13250, A.L. 1949 p. 298)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11631; 1919 § 5939; 1909 § 2944
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13251, A.L. 1957 p. 339)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11632; 1919 § 5940; 1909 § 2945
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13252)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11633; 1919 § 5941; 1909 § 2946
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13253)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11634; 1919 § 5942; 1909 § 2947
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.600 - Fraudulent charges — penalty.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13254)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11635; 1919 § 5943; 1909 § 2948
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.610 - Costs, when paid in advance.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13255, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11636; 1919 § 5944; 1909 § 2949
Effective 1-02-79
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13256, A.L. 1955 p. 347)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11637; 1919 § 5945; 1909 § 2950
2023 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.

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

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 §§ 2, 3)
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 §§ 4, 5)
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 6)
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 9)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Pituitary gland to be retained unless contrary indication by decedent or next of kin, 58.770
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 10)
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 11)
2023 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)

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 12)
*Word "each" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 13)
2023 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).

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

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

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 17)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 726 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.775 - Applicability of definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• 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.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
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.
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(L. 2010 H.B. 1643)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds › Section 59.005 - Definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
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.
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(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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds › Section 59.010 - Office created.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
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".
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(RSMo 1939 § 13147, A.L. 1941 p. 524, A.L. 1945 p. 1424)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11526; 1919 § 10551; 1909 § 10364
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13155, L. 1945 p. 1424 § 13147a, A.L. 1959 S.B. 70)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11541; 1919 § 10566; 1909 § 10379
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
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.
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(L. 2011 H.B. 186, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
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.
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(L. 2011 H.B. 186)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2003 S.B. 186)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2003 S.B. 186)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
• Effective - 01 Jul 2001, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Effective 7-01-01
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
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.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13152)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11531; 1919 § 10556; 1909 § 10369
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
Effective - 01 Jul 2001, see footnote
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds › Section 59.100 - Bond.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
• 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.
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(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
2023 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).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13151)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11530; 1919 § 10555; 1909 § 10368
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds › Section 59.120 - Place of office — record books.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
59.120. Place of office — record books. —
The recorder shall keep his office at the seat of justice, and the county commission shall provide the same with suitable books, in which the recorder shall record all instruments of writing authorized and required to be recorded. If there is no courthouse or other suitable county building at the seat of justice, the county commission shall provide an office for the recorder at any other place in the county where there is a courthouse and courts of record are held.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13148)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11527; 1919 § 10552; 1909 § 10365
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds › Section 59.130 - Seal.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
Effective - 01 Jul 2001, see footnote
59.130. Seal. —
Every recorder of deeds shall have a seal of office, and shall have power to take the acknowledgment of proof of deeds and instruments of writing.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13180, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11561; 1919 § 10584; 1909 § 10397
Effective 7-01-01
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds › Section 59.140 - Seal used by ex officio recorder.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
59.140. Seal used by ex officio recorder. —
When the clerk of the circuit court is ex officio recorder of the county, he shall use the seal of said court in all cases in which his official seal is to be affixed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13153)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11532; 1919 § 10557; 1909 § 10370
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds › Section 59.150 - Administration of oaths.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 59
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
59.150. Administration of oaths. —
Hereafter whenever, under any law of this state relating to the duties of the recorder of deeds in any county of this state, it becomes necessary for any person to be sworn to any statement, affidavit or other papers of any kind, the recorder of deeds shall be authorized to administer an oath to any person in matters relating to the duties of his office, with like effect as clerks of courts of record; provided, he use his seal of office to the jurat, as clerks of courts of record do. He shall receive the same compensation allowed by law for like service as clerks of courts are now allowed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13181)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11562; 1919 § 10585; 1909 § 10398