EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1085
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RAZER.
5240S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 58.200, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to coroners.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 58.200, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 58.200, 2
to read as follows:3
58.200. When the office of sheri ff shall be vacant, by 1
death or otherwise, the coroner of the county is authorized 2
to perform all the duties which are by law required to be 3
performed by the sheriff, until another sheriff for such 4
county shall be appointed and qualified [,] and such coroner 5
shall have notice thereof [, and]. In such case, said 6
coroner may appoint one or more deputies, with the 7
approbation of the judge of the circuit court [;], and every 8
such appointment, with the oath of office endorsed thereon, 9
shall be filed in th e office of the clerk of the circuit 10
court of the county. If the coroner becomes the acting 11
sheriff and the sheriff is no longer receiving the sheriff's 12
salary, the coroner shall be paid, in addition to the 13
coroner's salary, the difference between the salaries of 14
sheriff and coroner so that the coroner receives the 15
equivalent of the sheriff's salary while serving as acting 16
sheriff. 17