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§ 58.520 RSMo Fees of coroners
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58.520. Fees of coroners. — Coroners shall be allowed fees for their services as follows; provided, that when persons come to their death at the same time or by the same casualty, fees shall only be paid as for one examination: For the view of a dead body $5.00 For issuing a warr…
§ 58.530 RSMo Additional fees, when allowed
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58.530. Additional fees, when allowed. — Whenever the coroner, being himself a physician or surgeon, shall conduct a postmortem examination of the dead body of a person who came to his death by violence or casualty, and it shall appear to the county commission that such examinati…
§ 58.540 RSMo Compensation for taking testimony
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58.540. Compensation for taking testimony. — For taking down the testimony at an inquest, the coroner shall be allowed ten cents for every hundred words, and twenty-five cents for certifying the same. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 13247) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11628; 1919 § 5936; 1909…
§ 58.550 RSMo Liability for costs
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58.550. 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…