2005 Minnesota Statutes

     390.221 Bodies; effects; custody. 

    A person may not remove, interfere with, or handle the body 
 or the effects of any person subject to an investigation by the 
 county coroner or medical examiner except upon order of the 
 coroner or medical examiner or deputy.  The coroner or medical 
 examiner shall take charge of the effects found on the body of a 
 deceased person and dispose of them as the district court 
 directs by written order.  If a crime in connection with the 
 death of a deceased person is suspected, the coroner or medical 
 examiner may prevent any person from entering the premises, 
 rooms, or buildings, and shall have the custody of objects that 
 the coroner or examiner deems material evidence in the case.  A 
 willful violation of this section is a misdemeanor. 

    HIST: 1980 c 509 s 147; 1985 c 265 art 7 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1995 
 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1