South Dakota Statutes
§ 21-5-5 — Relatives for whose benefit action brought--Personal representative to bring action.
South Dakota § 21-5-5
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-5-5 (2026).
Text
Every action for wrongful death shall be for the exclusive benefit of the wife or husband and children, or if there be neither of them, then of the parents and next of kin of the person whose death shall be so caused; and it shall be brought in the name of the personal representative of the deceased person.
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Related
Gloe v. Iowa Mutual Insurance Co.
2005 SD 29 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2005)
In Re Estate of Howe
2004 SD 118 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2004)
Legislative History
SL 1909, ch 301, § 3; RC 1919, § 2931; SDC 1939, § 37.2203; SL 1947, ch 173; SL 1951, ch 193; SL 1957, ch 194; SL 1963, ch 235; SL 1967, ch 149; SL 1995, ch 167, § 188.
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 21-5-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/21-5-5.