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2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 194 Death--Disposition of Dead Bodies
194.020. Hermetically sealed coffin, specifications.
Hermetically sealed coffin, specifications.
194.020. When hermetic sealing is required herein, the burial case, coffin, casket or box used must be of metal, or of other material with metal lining, and must be so constructed that when closed and fastened the same shall be airtight.
(RSMo 1939 § 9790)Prior revisions: 1929 § 9069; 1919 § 5825; 1909 § 6693
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