Subdivision 1. Support, maintenance, care, or burial. When any person is furnished or provided with support, maintenance, care, including care at the University of Minnesota hospitals, or burial as a poor person the county so furnishing such aid shall have a claim therefor against the person or the person's estate for the reasonable value thereof, which claim may be presented and prosecuted by such county at its option upon discovery of any property belonging to the poor person or to the estate.
Subd. 2. Claims filed in district court. Such claims, when against the estate of a deceased person, shall be filed in district court and acted upon as in the case of other claims.
(3159-1, 3159-2) 1925 c 60 s 1,2; 1969 c 247 s 1; 1973 c 380 s 8; 1973 c 650 art 21 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally
Section 261.001 — Abolition Of Town System Of Poor Relief.
Section 261.002 — Transfer Of Town Employees.
Section 261.003 — Eligibility Standards, Rules.
Section 261.035 — Cremation, Burial, And Funerals At Expense Of County.
Section 261.04 — Liability Of Estate.
Section 261.062 — Tax For Support Of Poor.
Section 261.063 — Tax Levy For Social Services; Board Duty; Penalty.
Section 261.21 — Hospitalization For Indigent Persons.
Section 261.22 — Application Filed.
Section 261.23 — Costs Of Hospitalization.
Section 261.231 — County Board May Delegate Certain Powers.
Section 261.232 — Duties Of Commissioner Of Human Services.