Decedents' personal property disposition by coroners and medical examiners provisions modified.

This bill modifies how coroners and medical examiners handle the personal property of deceased individuals in Minnesota. It allows officials to store, dispose of, or sell items from unknown decedents' estates and provides clearer procedures for returning proceeds to heirs if they claim them within six years. The law also gives coroners and medical examiners more flexibility to surrender property to known relatives or dispose of it to cover reasonable expenses related to care and sale. These changes directly affect county coroners, medical examiners, and the families of deceased individuals whose belongings come into official custody.