Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

390.012 JURISDICTION. The coroner or medical examiner of the county in which a person dies or is pronounced dead shall have jurisdiction over the death, regardless of where any injury that resulted in the death occurred. The place where death is pronounced is deemed to be the pla…

390.04 PROVISION FOR TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION. When the coroner or medical examiner, because of partiality, prejudice, consanguinity, or interest, is not able to perform the coroner or medical examiner's duties, the coroner or medical examiner shall have the authority to transfer…

390.05 MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER STAFF. The coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more assistant coroners or assistant medical examiners, as necessary to fulfill the duties of the office, subject to authorization by the county board. Such assistants shall have the same…

390.061 MORGUE. Every county need not have a morgue, but there must be a system or process for receiving, storing, and releasing all dead bodies subject to this statute. History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 8

390.11 INVESTIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Reports of death. All sudden or unexpected deaths and all deaths that may be due entirely or in part to any factor other than natural disease processes must be promptly reported to the coroner or medical examiner for evaluation. Sufficient i…

390.111 EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION. The county board is responsible for the reasonable and necessary compensation and expenses of the coroner or medical examiner, assistants, investigators, and other medical specialists. History: 1965 c 761 s 5; 1985 c 265 art 7 s 1; 2006 c 260 ar…

390.15 FEES. The coroner or medical examiner may charge a fee for cremation approval, duplication of reports, and other administrative functions to recover reasonable expenses, subject to county board approval. History: (950) RL s 591; 1983 c 359 s 56; 1985 c 265 art 7 s 1; 2006 …

390.151 ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION. The coroner or medical examiner may facilitate donation of organs and tissues in compliance with the Darlene Luther Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, chapter 525A. History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 12; 2007 c 120 art 2 s 4

390.152 CREMATION APPROVAL. After investigating deaths of persons who are to be cremated, the coroner or medical examiner may give approval for cremation and shall record such approval by either signing a cremation authorization form or electronically through the centralized elec…

390.21 DISPOSITION; BURIAL. After an investigation has been completed, including an autopsy if one is done, the body shall be released promptly to the person or persons who have the right to control the disposition of the body. Section 149A.80, subdivision 2, shall control. If th…

390.221 BODIES; EFFECTS; CUSTODY. A person may not move, interfere with, or handle the body or the effects of a decedent subject to an investigation by the coroner or medical examiner except upon order of the coroner, medical examiner, assistant, or authorized investigator. The c…

390.225 PROPERTY. § Subdivision 1.Procedure. The coroner or medical examiner may take possession of all articles that may be useful in establishing the cause or manner of death, identification, or next of kin of the deceased, and, if taken, mark them for identification, make an i…

390.23 DEATH RECORDS. No person, other than the county coroner or medical examiner or, for deaths occurring within a facility licensed by the Department of Corrections, the forensic pathologist who reviewed the death, shall file or amend the cause or manner of death information w…

390.25 UNIDENTIFIED DECEASED PERSONS. § Subdivision 1.Attempts to identify. The coroner or medical examiner shall make reasonable attempts to identify the deceased person promptly. These actions may include obtaining: photographs of the body; fingerprints from the body, if possib…

390.251 REQUEST FOR EXAMINATIONS. The coroner or medical examiner may, when requested, make physical examinations and tests incident to any matter of a criminal nature under consideration by the district court or county attorney, law enforcement agency, or publicly appointed crim…

390.252 CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. A county board may contract to perform coroner or medical examiner services with other units of government or their agencies under a schedule of fees approved by that board. History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 20

390.31 SIMPLIFIED INVESTIGATIONS OF DEATH. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. Sections 390.31 to 390.35 provide a simplified system for the investigation of the death of any person when the county attorney determines that an investigation is necessary and provide for professional assistanc…

390.32 AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT PROCEEDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Deaths requiring investigations and inquests. The sheriff shall investigate and may recommend to the medical examiner and the county attorney the conduct of inquests and autopsies in all human deaths of the following types:…

390.33 APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER; INQUEST. § Subdivision 1.Medical examiner appointment. A county board shall appoint as permanent county medical examiner a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine licensed to practice pursuant to chapter 147, or similar laws in any other…

390.34 WHEN SECTIONS 390.31 TO 390.35 DO NOT APPLY. Sections 390.31 to 390.35 do not apply in a county in which there is a person whom the county board deems qualified who will agree to seek election to the office of coroner or, in a county where the coroner is appointed, a perso…

390.35 ELECTION TO FOLLOW SIMPLIFIED INVESTIGATION. Sections 390.31 to 390.35 apply only to counties in which the county board elects to be bound by them in lieu of other law relating to coroners. In a county in which sections 390.31 to 390.35 apply, the county board may by resol…