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 Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

 Chapter 58 Coroners and Inquests 
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, ... (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, ... (8/28/2022)
58.095   Compensation of county coroner — training program, attendance required, ... (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 ... (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, ... (8/28/2006)
58.208   Death certificate fees, deposit in training fund — use of moneys — fund ... (8/28/2020)
CORONER IN ST. LOUIS CITY
58.215   Coroner to file death certificates with registrar of vital statistics, when ... (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 ... (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 ... (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, ... (8/28/2020)
58.452   Child's death under age eighteen, notice to coroner by persons having ... (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 ... (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 ... (8/28/1997)
58.705   Qualifications, tenure — vacancy, how filled (certain counties). (8/28/1973)
58.710   Assistant examiners and employees — appointment, compensation (certain ... (8/28/1973)
58.715   Duties of medical examiner — prosecuting attorney to act as sheriff, when ... (8/28/1973)
58.720   Medical examiner to investigate, certain counties, procedure — death ... (8/28/2020)
58.722   Child's death under age eighteen, notice to medical examiner by persons ... (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 ... (8/28/1978)
58.765   Two or more counties may contract for medical examiner to serve them ... (8/28/1973)
58.770   Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or ... (8/28/1977)
ANATOMICAL GIFT PROCUREMENT
58.775   Applicability of definitions. (8/28/2008)
58.780   Cooperation with procurement organization required — postmortem examination ... (8/28/2008)
58.785   Release of decedent information to procurement organizations, when — ... (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

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