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307.08.2
Statute ID:
18793
Statute Function ID:
38261
Cemeteries - Damages; Illegal Molestation of Human Remains; Burials
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Statute Number:
307.08.2
Enactment Date:
May 24, 2023
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2023
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Cemeteries - Damages; Illegal Molestation of Human Remains; Burials
Statute ID:
18793
Created:
Jun 8, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jun 8, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended 2023 C62 Art2 Sect108; Adds new (c)
Summary Text:
Cemeteries - Damages; Illegal Molestation of Human Remains; Burials
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/307/08.html
Legislative Session:
2023 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jun 8, 2023
(a) A person who intentionally, willfully or knowingly does any of the following is guilty of a felony: (1) destroys, mutilates, or injures human burials, human burial grounds, or associated grave goods; or (2) without the consent of the appropriate authority, disturbs human burial grounds or removes human remains or associated grave goods. (b) A person who, without the consent of the appropriate authority the landowner, intentionally, willfully, and or knowingly does any of the following is guilty of a gross misdemeanor: (1) removes any tombstone, monument, or structure placed in any public or private cemetery or assessed human burial ground; or (2) removes any fence, railing, natural stone, or other work erected for protection or ornament, or any tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of a public or private cemetery or assessed human burial ground; or (3) discharges any firearms upon or over the grounds of any public or private cemetery or assessed burial ground. (c) A person who intentionally, willfully, or knowingly fails to comply with any other provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
