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	CORONERS — GENERAL PROVISIONS
58.010	Office of coroner (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.020	Coroner, election — term of office (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.030	Qualifications. (8/28/1945)
58.035	Coroner standards and training commission, members, terms, chairperson, meetings — duties — rulemaking authority — report. (8/28/2020)
58.040	Vacancy filled by governor. (8/28/1945)
58.050	Oath — bond. (8/28/1939)
58.060	Bond — sufficiency, how determined (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.070	Failure to give bond — office vacated. (8/28/1939)
58.090	Salary in lieu of fees (certain second class counties). (1/1/1988)
58.095	Compensation of county coroner — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation (noncharter counties). (8/28/2022)
58.095	Compensation of county coroner — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation (noncharter counties). (8/28/2020)
58.096	Compensation of deputy coroner, additional — training program, certification. (8/28/2003)
58.100	Fees (third and fourth class counties). (8/28/1949)
58.120	Travel expense (counties of third and fourth classification). (8/28/1994)
58.160	Deputies, appointment, compensation. (8/28/1994)
58.180	To be conservator of the peace. (8/28/1989)
58.190	To execute process when sheriff disqualified. (8/28/1939)
58.200	Coroner to perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant — additional compensation, when. (8/28/2022)
58.200	To perform duties of sheriff when office is vacant. (8/28/1939)
58.205	Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner's duties, when. (8/28/1986)
58.206	Special deputy coroner or special deputy medical examiner may be appointed, when — record-keeping requirements. (8/28/2006)
58.208	Death certificate fees, deposit in training fund — use of moneys — fund created — state of emergency or disaster, request for reimbursement. (8/28/2020)
	CORONER IN ST. LOUIS CITY
58.215	Coroner to file death certificates with registrar of vital statistics, when — compensation for extra duty. (8/28/1972)
	INQUESTS
58.260	Coroner may issue warrant to summon coroner's jury, when. (8/28/2002)
58.270	Sheriff to execute warrant. (8/28/2002)
58.280	Failure to execute warrant — penalty. (8/28/1945)
58.290	Failure of juror to appear — penalty. (8/28/1939)
58.300	Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors. (8/28/1939)
58.310	Charge to be given to jury by coroner. (8/28/2002)
58.320	Jury to remain together — exception. (8/28/1945)
58.330	Coroner to issue subpoenas. (8/28/2002)
58.340	Coroner to administer oath to witnesses. (8/28/2002)
58.350	Evidence to be reduced to writing. (8/28/1939)
58.360	Jury to deliver verdict in writing. (8/28/2002)
58.370	Death by felony — duty of coroner. (1/2/1979)
58.375	Reports of coroner (certain counties) — solicitation regarding funeral arrangements prohibited — embalming of body required, when. (8/28/1989)
58.380	Coroner to issue a writ of attachment for witnesses, when. (8/28/1939)
58.390	Attachment, how served — fees to be paid, by whom. (8/28/1949)
58.400	Sheriff unable to execute duties, warrant may be directed to householder. (8/28/1945)
58.410	Witnesses — discharged, when — may be fined or imprisoned, when. (8/28/1939)
58.420	Coroner to notify witnesses to appear. (8/28/1939)
58.430	Witness attached may be discharged on bail. (8/28/1939)
58.440	Refusal to testify — penalty. (8/28/1939)
58.445	Deaths due to motor vehicle or motorized watercraft accidents — report required when — tests for alcohol and drugs, when. (8/28/2010)
58.449	Test results, how used, released, when. (8/28/2000)
58.451	Death to be reported and investigated by coroner, certain counties, procedure — place of death, two counties involved, how determined — efforts to accommodate organ donation. (8/28/2020)
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. (8/28/1994)
58.455	Death certificate, how furnished, form, where filed, when (certain counties). (8/28/1989)
58.457	Penalty for failure to report death (certain counties). (8/28/1959)
58.460	Disposition of body a duty of coroner, when. (8/28/1989)
58.470	Death by poisoning — coroner may have analysis and examination made. (8/28/1939)
58.490	Unclaimed money or property found on deceased, turned over to public administrator by coroner. (8/28/2001)
58.500	Duty of public administrator on receipt of money or property. (8/28/2007)
58.520	Fees of coroners. (8/28/1939)
58.530	Additional fees, when allowed. (8/28/1939)
58.540	Compensation for taking testimony. (8/28/1939)
58.550	Liability for costs. (8/28/1983)
58.560	Surgeon's fee for postmortem examination, how paid. (8/28/1949)
58.570	Coroner to certify costs to county commission. (8/28/1957)
58.580	Costs and fees, when not allowed. (8/28/1939)
58.590	When costs to be paid by relatives. (8/28/1939)
58.600	Fraudulent charges — penalty. (8/28/1939)
58.610	Costs, when paid in advance. (1/2/1979)
58.620	Coroner's duties as to costs. (8/28/1955)
	MEDICAL EXAMINER
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. (8/28/1997)
58.705	Qualifications, tenure — vacancy, how filled (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.710	Assistant examiners and employees — appointment, compensation (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.715	Duties of medical examiner — prosecuting attorney to act as sheriff, when (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.720	Medical examiner to investigate, certain counties, procedure — death certificate issued, when — place of death — two counties involved, how determined — efforts to accommodate organ donation. (8/28/2020)
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. (8/28/1994)
58.725	Autopsy, when — performed by whom — report filed (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.730	Law enforcement officers to cooperate with medical examiner (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.735	Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.740	Records, contents, how kept (certain counties) (8/28/1973)
58.745	Oaths, shall administer — examinations — affidavits (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.750	Penalty for failing to supply information (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.760	Election to adopt, when — form of ballot — transition provisions (certain counties). (8/28/1978)
58.765	Two or more counties may contract for medical examiner to serve them jointly (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.770	Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or next of kin has indicated a contrary intention. (8/28/1977)
	ANATOMICAL GIFT PROCUREMENT
58.775	Applicability of definitions. (8/28/2008)
58.780	Cooperation with procurement organization required — postmortem examination requirements — removal of body parts permitted, when. (8/28/2008)
58.785	Release of decedent information to procurement organizations, when — medicolegal examination permitted — recovery of body parts, requirements. (8/28/2008)

- Cross References
	Autopsy or postmortem by physicians and surgeons, consent required, penalty, 194.115
	County employees' retirement system, 50.1000 to 50.1300
	Death by violence, coroner in St. Louis City to notify prosecuting or circuit attorney of inquest, 56.510
	District coroner and deputies appointed when, expenses, authorization for district, 70.010
	Fees collected by county officers for others, disposition, 50.470, 50.480
	Nursing home resident, death of, duty of coroner, 198.071