{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-194.260","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 194.260","heading":"Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when.","body":"1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:\n(1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\n(2) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\n2. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.\n3. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=194.260","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"fdc0e383930102263dd975ef0574366fee760bd96734d1bfc480d53d4c67c29e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-194.255","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-194.263"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}