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2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - Chapter 58 — Coroners and Inquests
- § 58.010. — Office of coroner (certain counties).
- § 58.020. — Coroner, election--term of office (certain counties).
- § 58.030. — Qualifications.
- § 58.040. — Vacancy filled by governor.
- § 58.050. — Oath--bond.
- § 58.060. — Bond--sufficiency, how determined (certain counties).
- § 58.070. — Failure to give bond--office vacated.
- § 58.090. — Salary in lieu of fees (certain second class counties).
- § 58.095. — Compensation of county coroner--training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation (noncharter counties).
- § 58.096. — Compensation of deputy coroner, additional--training program, certification.
- § 58.100. — Fees (third and fourth class counties).
- § 58.120. — Travel expense (counties of third and fourth classification).
- § 58.160. — Deputies, appointment, compensation.
- § 58.180. — To be conservator of the peace.
- § 58.190. — To execute process when sheriff disqualified.
- § 58.200. — To perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant.
- § 58.205. — Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner's duties, when.
- § 58.215. — Coroner to file death certificates with registrar of vital statistics, when--compensation for extra duty.
- § 58.260. — Coroner may issue warrant to summon coroner's jury, when.
- § 58.270. — Sheriff to execute warrant.
- § 58.280. — Failure to execute warrant--penalty.
- § 58.290. — Failure of juror to appear--penalty.
- § 58.300. — Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors.
- § 58.310. — Charge to be given to jury by coroner.
- § 58.320. — Jury to remain together--exception.
- § 58.330. — Coroner to issue subpoenas.
- § 58.340. — Coroner to administer oath to witnesses.
- § 58.350. — Evidence to be reduced to writing.
- § 58.360. — Jury to deliver verdict in writing.
- § 58.370. — Death by felony--duty of coroner.
- § 58.375. — Reports of coroner (certain counties)--solicitation regarding funeral arrangements prohibited--embalming of body required, when.
- § 58.380. — Coroner to issue a writ of attachment for witnesses, when.
- § 58.390. — Attachment, how served--fees to be paid, by whom.
- § 58.400. — Sheriff unable to execute duties, warrant may be directed to householder.
- § 58.410. — Witnesses--discharged, when--may be fined or imprisoned, when.
- § 58.420. — Coroner to notify witnesses to appear.
- § 58.430. — Witness attached may be discharged on bail.
- § 58.440. — Refusal to testify--penalty.
- § 58.445. — Deaths due to motor vehicle or motorized watercraft accidents--report required when--tests for alcohol and drugs, when.
- § 58.449. — Test results, how used, released, when.
- § 58.451. — Death to be reported and investigated by coroner, certain counties, when--place of death, two counties involved, how determined--efforts to accommodate organ donation.
- § 58.452. — Child's death under age eighteen, notice to coroner by persons having knowledge--referral to child fatality review panel, when--procedure for nonsuspicious death, form, duties--autopsy, child death pathologist, when--disagreement on need for autopsy, procedure --violation by coroner, penalty.
- § 58.455. — Death certificate, how furnished, form, where filed, when (certain counties).
- § 58.457. — Penalty for failure to report death (certain counties).
- § 58.460. — Disposition of body a duty of coroner, when.
- § 58.470. — Death by poisoning--coroner may have analysis and examination made.
- § 58.490. — Unclaimed money or property found on deceased, turned over to public administrator by coroner.
- § 58.500. — Duty of treasurer on receipt of money or property.
- § 58.510. — Money, when and how paid to representatives of deceased.
- § 58.520. — Fees of coroners.
- § 58.530. — Additional fees, when allowed.
- § 58.540. — Compensation for taking testimony.
- § 58.550. — Liability for costs.
- § 58.560. — Surgeon's fee for postmortem examination, how paid.
- § 58.570. — Coroner to certify costs to county commission.
- § 58.580. — Costs and fees, when not allowed.
- § 58.590. — When costs to be paid by relatives.
- § 58.600. — Fraudulent charges--penalty.
- § 58.610. — Costs, when paid in advance.
- § 58.620. — Coroner's duties as to costs.
- § 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.
- § 58.705. — Qualifications, tenure--vacancy, how filled (certain counties).
- § 58.710. — Assistant examiners and employees--appointment, compensation (certain counties).
- § 58.715. — Duties of medical examiner--prosecuting attorney to act as sheriff, when (certain counties).
- § 58.720. — Medical examiner, certain counties, to investigate, when--death certificate issued, when--place of death--two counties involved, how determined--efforts to accommodate organ donation.
- § 58.722. — Child's death under age eighteen, notice to medical examiner by persons having knowledge--referral to child fatality review panel, when--procedure for nonsuspicious death, form, duties--autopsy, child death pathologist, when--disagreement on need for autopsy, procedure --violation by medical examiner, penalty.
- § 58.725. — Autopsy, when--performed by whom--report filed (certain counties).
- § 58.730. — Law enforcement officers to cooperate with medical examiner (certain counties).
- § 58.735. — Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties).
- § 58.740. — Records, contents, how kept (certain counties)
- § 58.745. — Oaths, shall administer--examinations--affidavits (certain counties).
- § 58.750. — Penalty for failing to supply information (certain counties).
- § 58.755. — Office of coroner abolished, when (certain counties).
- § 58.760. — Election to adopt, when--form of ballot--transition provisions (certain counties).
- § 58.765. — Two or more counties may contract for medical examiner to serve them jointly (certain counties).
- § 58.770. — Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or next of kin has indicated a contrary intention.
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