{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-525a.12","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 525A.12","heading":"SEARCH AND NOTIFICATION.","body":"(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:\n(1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\n(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\n(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by paragraph (a), clause (1), and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital. If a body is transferred to the custody of the medical examiner, the first responder must notify the first responder's dispatcher. A dispatcher notified under this section must notify the state's federally designated organ procurement organization and inform the organization of the deceased's name, donor status, and location.\n(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section.","path":["PROBATE; PROPERTY; ESTATES; GUARDIANSHIPS; ANATOMICAL GIFTS","CHAPTER 525A. ANATOMICAL GIFTS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/525A.12","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:49Z","sha256":"599502e1ed1a3dcd7703dc9480f23ec13deb4fec2ee6e1125ea4fcb084fcf7c5","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-525a.11","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-525a.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}