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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.180 (2026)

To be conservator of the peace

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  58.180.  To be conservator of the peace. — 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.

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(RSMo 1939 § 13227, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11608; 1919 § 5916; 1909 § 2921

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1966–2021 · leading case: Jorgensen v. City of Kansas City, 725 S.W.2d 98 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987).
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Jorgensen v. City of Kansas City, 725 S.W.2d 98 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 7× “That regulation, the defendant ad litem asserted to the court, was the administrative counterpart of ordinance § 58.180. Ordinance § 58.180 was enacted in year 1960, and was repealed altogether in year 1972 by ordinance § 34.”
Glasgow Sch. Dist. v. Howard Cnty. Coroner, 572 S.W.3d 543 (Mo. Ct. App. 2019). “” § 58.180. The purpose of an inquest is to inquire “how and by whom such person came to his death.”
McDonald v. Plas, 401 S.W.2d 929 (Mo. Ct. App. 1966). · cites it 2× “” However, this instruction was not grounded on this statute but on Section 58.180(2), (2) (a), Revised Ordinances, Kansas Gty, Missouri, which declares “Whenever such emergency vehicle is operated contrary to the indication of the traffic signal or stop sign, such emergency…”
State v. Henderson, 660 S.W.2d 373 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). “” In addition, defendant testified he was a “conservator of the peace.”
Glasgow Sch. Dist. v. Howard Cnty. Coroner, 633 S.W.3d 822 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). “” §58.180. Sheriffs are also conservators of the peace.”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.180(2): 1 case
McDonald v. Plas, 401 S.W.2d 929 (Mo. Ct. App. 1966). “” However, this instruction was not grounded on this statute but on Section 58.180(2), (2) (a), Revised Ordinances, Kansas Gty, Missouri, which declares “Whenever such emergency vehicle is operated contrary to the indication of the traffic signal or stop sign, such emergency…”
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