SF 4661 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Coroners and medical examiners disposition of decedents' personal property provisions modifications

This bill modifies Minnesota laws governing how coroners and medical examiners handle personal property found with unidentified or unclaimed decedents. It allows officials to store, bury with, or dispose of such property rather than automatically releasing it to the county for sale. The changes also update procedures for inventorying property, determining who may claim it, and using sale proceeds to cover reasonable expenses. These provisions directly affect county coroners, medical examiners, and the families or estates of deceased individuals whose property is in custody.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 23, 2026 Last action Apr 7, 2026
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Apr 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to State and Local Government
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduction and first reading
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Ann Johnson Stewart
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