No person, other than the county coroner or medical examiner or, for deaths occurring within a facility licensed by the Department of Corrections, the forensic pathologist who reviewed the death, shall file or amend the cause or manner of death information with the state registrar in cases of likely or suspected accidental, suicidal, homicidal, violent, or mysterious deaths occurring in the county. The forensic pathologist who reviewed the death of an incarcerated person within a facility licensed by the Department of Corrections may file or amend the cause or manner of death information with the state registrar. If there is reasonable proof that a death has occurred, but no body has been found, a judge may direct the state registrar to register the death with the fact of death information provided by the court order according to section 144.221, subdivision 3.
(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; 2006 c 260 art 8 s 17
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities
Chapter 390 — Coroner; Medical Examiner
Section 390.005 — Election Or Appointment, Eligibility; Vacancies; Removal.
Section 390.0065 — Hennepin County Medical Examiner; Selection And Term.
Section 390.01 — Bond And Indemnification.
Section 390.012 — Jurisdiction.
Section 390.04 — Provision For Transfer Of Jurisdiction.
Section 390.05 — Medical Examiner Or Coroner Staff.
Section 390.11 — Investigations.
Section 390.111 — Expenses And Compensation.
Section 390.151 — Organ And Tissue Donation.
Section 390.152 — Cremation Approval.
Section 390.21 — Disposition; Burial.
Section 390.221 — Bodies; Effects; Custody.
Section 390.23 — Death Records.
Section 390.25 — Unidentified Deceased Persons.
Section 390.251 — Request For Examinations.
Section 390.252 — Contracts For Services.
Section 390.31 — Simplified Investigations Of Death.
Section 390.32 — Authority To Conduct Proceedings.
Section 390.33 — Appointment Of Medical Examiner; Inquest.
Section 390.34 — When Sections 390.31 To 390.35 Do Not Apply.
Section 390.35 — Election To Follow Simplified Investigation.