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DEAD BODIES

See also FUNERALS; MORTUARY SCIENCE

Anatomical gifts, see ORGAN DONORS

Animals, see CARCASSES

Autopsies, see AUTOPSIES

Bestiality, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2015 609.294

Burial, see BURIAL

Caskets, see CASKETS

Cemeteries, see CEMETERIES

Certificates of removal, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.90, 2015 149A.93

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2015 145A.07

Concealment, children under two, Minn. Statutes 2015 617.21

Coroners, see CORONERS

Cremation, see CREMATION

Custody

Coroners, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.11

Sheriff, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.32

Death records, see under BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

Death scene investigations, Minn. Statutes 2015 299A.81

Death, see DEATH

Definitions

Mortuary science regulation, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.02

Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2015 144.212

Disinterment, see Exhumation under this topic

Dissection, authorization, Minn. Statutes 2015 145.161

Exhumation

Abandoned cemeteries, Minn. Statutes 2015 306.243

Coroners, power to exhume bodies, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.11

Correction of interment errors, Minn. Statutes 2015 306.155

Disinterment, procedure, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.96

Medical examiners, power to exhume, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.32

Public institution cemeteries, Minn. Statutes 2015 241.17, 2015 241.18

Fetal remains, see FETAL REMAINS

Final disposition, defined, Minn. Statutes 2015 144.212

Funeral establishments, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.92

Funerals, see FUNERALS

Hearses, see HEARSES

Human organs, see HUMAN ORGANS

Human skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2015 307.08, 2015 307.082

Identification

During national security or peacetime emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2015 12.381

Unknown deceased persons

Coroners and medical examiners, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.225, 2015 390.25

Information, Internet publication, Minn. Statutes 2015 144.05

Interference with bodies or effects, generally, Minn. Statutes 2015 609.502

Jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.012

Metropolitan area towns, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2015 368.01

Mortuary science, see MORTUARY SCIENCE

Organ donors, see ORGAN DONORS

Policy of state, human skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2015 307.08

Preparation and embalming, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.92

Refrigeration, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.92

Removal from place of death, vehicles or conveyances, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.90

Removal, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2015 144.12

Safe disposition, national security or peacetime emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2015 12.381

Searches of, for anatomical gift information, Minn. Statutes 2015 525A.12

Skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2015 307.08, 2015 307.082

Statutory cities, city council powers, Minn. Statutes 2015 412.221

Storage, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.061

Transportation

County standards, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.01

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.93

Vehicles or conveyances, see same under this topic

Unclaimed bodies, dissection, authorization, Minn. Statutes 2015 145.161

Unknown persons

Burial, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.21

Data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2015 13.82

Declared emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2015 12.381

Fingerprinting, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.32

Health Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2015 144.05

Identification, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.25

Vehicles or conveyances

Death occurring in, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.012

Removal of bodies from place of death, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.90

Transportation of bodies, Minn. Statutes 2015 149A.02, 2015 149A.93

Violations and penalties

Bestiality, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2015 609.294

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2015 390.221, 2015 609.502

Human skeletal remains, Minn. Statutes 2015 307.08, 2015 307.082

Property stolen from, Minn. Statutes 2015 609.52

Theft of, Minn. Statutes 2015 609.52