2004 Minnesota Statutes

     390.23 Records of violent or mysterious death. 

    No person, other than the county coroner, medical examiner, 
 judge exercising probate jurisdiction, or Department of 
 Corrections' independent, contracted, board-certified forensic 
 pathologist, shall issue a record of death in cases of violent 
 or mysterious deaths, including suspected homicides, occurring 
 in the county.  The Department of Corrections' independent, 
 contracted, board-certified forensic pathologist must issue the 
 certificate of death in all Department of 
 Corrections-incarcerated deaths. 

    HIST: (957-2) 1927 c 201 s 2; 1980 c 509 s 148; 1985 c 265 art 
 7 s 1; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32; 
 2003 c 27 s 1