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2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58 Coroners and Inquests
Section 58.550 Liability for costs.
Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 58.550 (2017)
Effective 28 Aug 1983
Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 5858.550. 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.
(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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