2011 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.
Coroner may issue warrant to summon coroner's jury, when.
58.260. 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.
(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
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