Chapter 390 — Election or Appointment, Eligibility; Vacancies; Removal
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 390 — Election or Appointment, Eligibility; Vacancies; Removal
390.005
Election or Appointment, Eligibility; Vacancies; Removal
Sets out the election or appointment process for county coroners and medical examiners, including eligibility …
390.006
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.0065
Hennepin County Medical Examiner; Selection and Term
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.01
Bond and Indemnification
Establishes the coroner's duties upon receiving notification of a death, including when and how to initiate a death …
390.011
Autonomy
Sets out the specific circumstances that require a coroner or medical examiner investigation, including violent deaths, …
390.012
Jurisdiction
Addresses the medical examiner system as an alternative to the coroner system, including qualifications and appointment …
390.02
Sets out the procedures for conducting death investigations, including the coroner's authority to order autopsies and …
390.03
Addresses the coroner's authority to take custody of the body and personal effects of a deceased person during a death …
390.04
Provision for Transfer of Jurisdiction
Establishes provisions for conducting autopsies, including who may perform them and the standards for autopsy reports.
390.05
Medical Examiner or Coroner Staff
Addresses the preparation and filing of death certificates by coroners and medical examiners, including the …
390.06
Sets out the fees and compensation for coroners and medical examiners, including autopsy fees and other service charges.
390.061
Morgue
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.07
Addresses the coroner's authority to hold inquests, including when an inquest is required and the procedures for …
390.08
Establishes provisions for the appointment and duties of deputy coroners.
390.09
Addresses record-keeping requirements for coroner and medical examiner offices, including death investigation files and …
390.10
Sets out the interactions between the coroner or medical examiner and law enforcement during death investigations.
390.11
Investigations
Addresses the authority of the coroner or medical examiner to retain tissue samples, organs, and other evidence from …
390.111
Expenses and Compensation
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.12
Establishes provisions for the release of bodies after investigation and the notification of next of kin.
390.13
Addresses the exhumation and disinterment authority of the coroner or medical examiner when additional investigation of …
390.14
Sets out the reporting requirements for coroners and medical examiners, including annual reports to the county board and …
390.15
Fees
Addresses the coordination between county coroners or medical examiners and state agencies, including the Department of …
390.151
Organ and Tissue Donation
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.152
Cremation Approval
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.16
Establishes provisions for handling unidentified remains and the procedures for attempting identification.
390.17
Addresses the cremation authorization process and the coroner's role in approving cremations.
390.18
Sets out liability provisions for coroners and medical examiners performing their official duties.
390.19
Establishes provisions for the organ and tissue donation process and the coroner's or medical examiner's role in …
390.20
Addresses training and continuing education requirements for coroners and medical examiners.
390.21
Disposition; Burial
Establishes provisions for multi-county cooperation in death investigation services.
390.22
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.221
Bodies; Effects; Custody
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.225
Property
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.23
Death Records
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.24
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.25
Unidentified Deceased Persons
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.251
Request for Examinations
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.252
Contracts for Services
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.26
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.31
Simplified Investigations of Death
Addresses additional provisions related to the duties and authority of county coroners and medical examiners in …
390.32
Authority to Conduct Proceedings
Addresses specific provisions for the Hennepin County medical examiner system.
390.33
Appointment of Medical Examiner; Inquest
Sets out provisions specific to the Ramsey County medical examiner system.
390.34
When Sections 390.31 to 390.35 Do Not Apply
Addresses provisions for other counties that have adopted the medical examiner system.
390.35
Election to Follow Simplified Investigation
Establishes transitional provisions for counties converting from the coroner system to the medical examiner system.
390.36
Addresses the administration and funding of county medical examiner offices.