DEAD BODIES

See also FUNERALS; MORTUARY SCIENCE

Anatomical gifts, see ORGAN DONORS

Animals, see CARCASSES

Autopsies, see AUTOPSIES

Bestiality, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.294

Burial, see BURIAL

Caskets, see CASKETS

Cemeteries, see CEMETERIES

Certificates of removal, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.90, 149A.93

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

Coroners, see CORONERS

Cremation, see CREMATION

Custody

Coroners, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.11

Sheriff, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.32

Death, see DEATH

Death records, see under BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

Death scene investigations, Minn. Statutes 2026 299A.81

Definitions

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

Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Disinterment, see Exhumation under this topic

Dissection, authorization, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.161

Exhumation

Abandoned cemeteries, Minn. Statutes 2026 306.243

Coroners, power to exhume bodies, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.11

Correction of interment errors, Minn. Statutes 2026 306.155

Disinterment, procedure, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.96

Medical examiners, power to exhume, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.32

Public institution cemeteries, Minn. Statutes 2026 241.17, 241.18

Fetal remains, see FETAL REMAINS

Final disposition, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Funeral establishments, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.92

Funerals, see FUNERALS

Hearses, see HEARSES

Human organs, see HUMAN ORGANS

Human skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.08, 307.082

Identification

During national security or peacetime emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2026 12.381

Unknown deceased persons

Coroners and medical examiners, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.225, 390.25

Information, Internet publication, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.05

Interference with bodies or effects, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.502

Jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.012

Metropolitan area towns, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2026 368.01

Mortuary science, see MORTUARY SCIENCE

Natural organic reduction, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.955

Organ donors, see ORGAN DONORS

Policy of state, human skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.08

Preparation and embalming, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.92

Removal, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.12

Removal from place of death, vehicles or conveyances, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.90

Safe disposition, national security or peacetime emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2026 12.381

Sale of human remains, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.84

Searches of, for anatomical gift information, Minn. Statutes 2026 525A.12

Skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.08, 307.082

Statutory cities, city council powers, Minn. Statutes 2026 412.221

Storage, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.061

Terramation, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.955

Transfer care specialists

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02

Licensure exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.01

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.47

Transportation

County standards, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.01

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.93

Vehicles or conveyances, see same under this topic

Unclaimed bodies, dissection, authorization, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.161

Unknown persons

Burial, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.21

Data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 13.82

Declared emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2026 12.381

Fingerprinting, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.32

Health Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.05

Identification, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.25

Vehicles or conveyances

Death occurring in, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.012

Removal of bodies from place of death, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.90

Transportation of bodies, Minn. Statutes 2026 149A.02, 149A.93

Violations and penalties

Bestiality, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.294

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.221, 609.502

Human skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2026 307.08, 307.082

Property stolen from, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.52

Theft of, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.52