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Minn. Stat. § 390.23 (2026)

Death Records

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1985–2008 · leading case: Hoeft v. Hennepin Cnty., 754 N.W.2d 717 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008).
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Hoeft v. Hennepin Cnty., 754 N.W.2d 717 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 390.23 (2006). 3 I. The Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act (UDJA or “the act”) gives courts “within their respective jurisdictions” the power to “declare rights, status, and other legal relations.”
In re the Exhumation & Autopsy of McKinstry, 372 N.W.2d 828 (Minn. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. § 390.23. Consequently, the *831 coroner argues, the emergency room physician had no authority to sign McKinstry’s death certificate.”
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