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307.08
Statute ID:
279
Cemeteries-damages; illegal molestation of human remains; burials
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Statute Number:
307.08
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Cemeteries-damages; illegal molestation of human remains; burials
Statute ID:
279
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
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:
2005 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Sep 1, 2006
Subd. 2. (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.
