Every coroner, within the county for which he is elected or appointed, shall serve and execute all writs and precepts, and perform all other duties of the sheriff, when the sheriff shall be a party, or when it shall appear to the court out of which the process shall issue, or to the clerk thereof, in vacation, that the sheriff is interested in the suit, related to or prejudiced against any party thereto, or in any wise disqualified from acting; in such case, the county commission may require the coroner to give an additional bond.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.190
To execute process when sheriff disqualified
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 13144); Prior revisions: 1929 § 11524; 1919 § 11648; 1909 § 11218
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.