A coroner shall be a conservator of the peace throughout his county, and shall take inquests of violent and casual deaths happening in the same, or where the body of any person coming to his death shall be discovered in his county.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.180
To be conservator of the peace
Effective: 28 Aug 1989; (RSMo 1939 § 13227, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.); Prior revisions: 1929 § 11608; 1919 § 5916; 1909 § 2921
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.