2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58 Coroners and Inquests
Section 58.550 Liability for costs.
Liability for costs.
58.550. 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.
(RSMo 1939 13249, A.L. 1959 S.B. 69, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)Prior revisions: 1929 11630; 1919 5938; 1909 2943
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