390.31 SIMPLIFIED INVESTIGATIONS OF DEATH. Subdivision 1. Purpose. Sections 390.31 to 390.35 provide a simplified system for the investigation of the death of any person when the county attorney determines that an investigation is necessary and provide for professional assistance to those making the investigation. It is declared to be in the public interest for […]
390.32 AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. Deaths requiring investigations and inquests. The sheriff shall investigate and may recommend to the medical examiner and the county attorney the conduct of inquests and autopsies in all human deaths of the following types: (1) violent deaths, whether apparently homicidal, suicidal, or accidental, including but not limited to […]
390.33 APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER; INQUEST. Subdivision 1. Medical examiner appointment. A county board shall appoint as permanent county medical examiner a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine licensed to practice pursuant to chapter 147, or similar laws in any other state. A county medical examiner shall perform the duties imposed upon medical examiners by […]
390.34 WHEN SECTIONS 390.31 TO 390.35 DO NOT APPLY. Sections 390.31 to 390.35 do not apply in a county in which there is a person whom the county board deems qualified who will agree to seek election to the office of coroner or, in a county where the coroner is appointed, a person who will […]
390.35 ELECTION TO FOLLOW SIMPLIFIED INVESTIGATION. Sections 390.31 to 390.35 apply only to counties in which the county board elects to be bound by them in lieu of other law relating to coroners. In a county in which sections 390.31 to 390.35 apply, the county board may by resolution resume death investigations under sections 390.005 […]
