Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 58 – Coroners and Inquests | Midpage58.010Office of coroner (certain counties)58.020Coroner, election — term of office (certain counties)58.030Qualifications — declaration candidacy, requirements58.040Vacancy filled by governor58.050Oath — bond58.060Bond — sufficiency, how determined (certain counties)58.070Failure to give bond — office vacated58.090Salary in lieu of fees (certain second class counties)58.095Compensation of county coroner — training expenses — compensation (noncharter counties)58.097Classroom instruction and training, requirements58.100Fees (third and fourth class counties)58.120Travel expense (counties of third and fourth classification)58.160Deputies, appointment, compensation58.180To be conservator of the peace58.190To execute process when sheriff disqualified58.200Coroner to perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant, compensation58.205Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner's duties, when58.206Special deputy coroner or special deputy medical examiner may be appointed, when — record-keeping requirements58.208Death certificate fees, deposit in coroners' fund — use of moneys — fund created — state of emergency or disaster, request for reimbursement — grant program58.215Coroner to file death certificates with registrar of vital statistics, when — compensation for extra duty58.260Coroner may issue warrant to summon coroner's jury, when58.270Sheriff to execute warrant58.280Failure to execute warrant — penalty58.290Failure of juror to appear — penalty58.300Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors58.310Charge to be given to jury by coroner58.320Jury to remain together — exception58.330Coroner to issue subpoenas58.340Coroner to administer oath to witnesses58.350Evidence to be reduced to writing58.360Jury to deliver verdict in writing58.370Death by felony — duty of coroner58.375Reports of coroner (certain counties) — solicitation regarding funeral arrangements prohibited — embalming of body required, when58.380Coroner to issue a writ of attachment for witnesses, when58.390Attachment, how served — fees to be paid, by whom58.400Sheriff unable to execute duties, warrant may be directed to householder58.410Witnesses — discharged, when — may be fined or imprisoned, when58.420Coroner to notify witnesses to appear58.430Witness attached may be discharged on bail58.440Refusal to testify — penalty58.445Deaths due to motor vehicle or motorized watercraft accidents — report required when — tests for alcohol and drugs, when58.449Test results, how used, released, when58.451Death to be reported and investigated by coroner, certain counties, procedure — place of death, two counties involved, how determined — efforts to accommodate organ donation58.452Child'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, penalty58.455Death certificate, how furnished, form, where filed, when (certain counties)58.457Penalty for failure to report death (certain counties)58.460Disposition of body a duty of coroner, when58.470Death by poisoning — coroner may have analysis and examination made58.490Unclaimed money or property found on deceased, turned over to public administrator by coroner58.500Duty of public administrator on receipt of money or property58.520Fees of coroners58.530Additional fees, when allowed58.540Compensation for taking testimony58.550Liability for costs58.560Surgeon's fee for postmortem examination, how paid58.570Coroner to certify costs to county commission58.580Costs and fees, when not allowed58.590When costs to be paid by relatives58.600Fraudulent charges — penalty58.610Costs, when paid in advance58.620Coroner's duties as to costs58.700Medical examiner appointed, certain counties — option for certain counties with elected office of coroner to retain coroner or appoint a medical examiner, procedure, compensation58.705Qualifications, tenure — vacancy, how filled (certain counties)58.710Assistant examiners and employees — appointment, compensation (certain counties)58.715Duties of medical examiner — prosecuting attorney to act as sheriff, when (certain counties)58.720Medical examiner to investigate, certain counties, procedure — death certificate issued, when — place of death — two counties involved, how determined — efforts to accommodate organ donation58.722Child'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, penalty58.725Autopsy, when — performed by whom — report filed (certain counties)58.730Law enforcement officers to cooperate with medical examiner (certain counties)58.735Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties)58.740Records, contents, how kept (certain counties)58.745Oaths, shall administer — examinations — affidavits (certain counties)58.750Penalty for failing to supply information (certain counties)58.760Election to adopt, when — form of ballot — transition provisions (certain counties)58.765Two or more counties may contract for medical examiner to serve them jointly (certain counties)58.770Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or next of kin has indicated a contrary intention58.775Applicability of definitions58.780Cooperation with procurement organization required — postmortem examination requirements — removal of body parts permitted, when58.785Release of decedent information to procurement organizations, when — medicolegal examination permitted — recovery of body parts, requirements