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2026 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

BURIAL

See also CEMETERIES; DEAD BODIES; DEATH; FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND MORTICIANS; FUNERALS; MORTUARY SCIENCE

Arrangements, instructions for, safe deposit box searches, Minn. Statutes 2026 55.10

Burial grounds, see under CEMETERIES

Burial plots, see Lots under CEMETERIES

Burial register, cemeteries, Minn. Statutes 2026 306.03, 306.04

Burial site goods, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.71, 149A.72, 149A.73

Burial site services, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.71, 149A.72, 149A.73

Burial sites, see under CEMETERIES

Burial space, columbaria or mausoleums, Minn. Statutes 2026 306.37, 306.762, 306.78

Burial vaults, see BURIAL VAULTS

Burials outside of identified cemeteries, see under CEMETERIES

Carcasses, domestic animals, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Caskets, see CASKETS

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2026 145A.07

Costs

Child support obligor community service work experience program injuries, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.30

Hazardous substances releases, expenses caused by, liability, Minn. Statutes 2026 115B.05

Indigent persons, payment by county, Minn. Statutes 2026 261.035, 261.04

Insurance, Minn. Statutes 2026 65B.44, 72A.325

Medical assistance, asset limitation, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2026 256B.056

Minnesota family investment program (MFIP), Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.16, 142G.62, 142G.95

Workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2026 176.111

Definitions

Green burials, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02

Hydrolized remains, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02

Mortuary science regulation, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02

Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Fetal remains, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.1621

Final disposition, burial defined as, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Green burials, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02, 306.991, 307.14

Health Department, rulemaking authority, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.12

Human burials

Destruction, mutilation, injury, disturbance, or removal, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.082

Green burials, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02

Interment errors, correction, Minn. Statutes 2026 306.155, 307.115

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.08

Human skeletal remains

Destruction, mutilation, injury, disturbance, removal, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.082

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.08

Indian burial grounds, see Burial grounds under INDIANS

Indigent persons, costs, payment by county, Minn. Statutes 2026 261.035, 261.04

Insurance, see Funeral insurance under FUNERALS

Interment errors, correction, Minn. Statutes 2026 306.155, 307.115

Lawsuits, human burials, violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.082

Lots, deeds to, safe deposit companies, copies, delivery, Minn. Statutes 2026 55.10

Outer burial containers, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02, 149A.72

Permits, disposition permits, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.93

Policy of state, human burials, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.08

Prepaid burial contracts, see PREPAID BURIAL CONTRACTS

Right of burial, see PREPAID BURIAL CONTRACTS

State institutions, Minn. Statutes 2026 246.33, 246.34

Town cemeteries

Aid for, from cities, Minn. Statutes 2026 365.26

Decisions, whom to bury, Minn. Statutes 2026 365.26

Plot sales, Minn. Statutes 2026 365.10

Public burial ground, Minn. Statutes 2026 365.28

Unknown persons, coroner, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.21

Vaults, see BURIAL VAULTS

Winter burials, costs, Minn. Statutes 2026 306.99