South Dakota Statutes
§ 34-26-15 — Burial within reasonable time required.
South Dakota·Title 34 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY·Ch. 34-24C CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS
Except in the cases in which the right to dissect a dead body is expressly conferred by law, every dead body of a human being lying within this state must be decently buried within a reasonable time after the death. Nothing herein shall affect the right to remove from or carry through this state, a dead human body or parts thereof for the purpose of burying the same in another place.
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Legislative History
PenC 1877, §§ 349, 350; CL 1887, §§ 6550, 6551; RPenC 1903, §§ 354, 355; RC 1919, §§ 3868, 3869; SDC 1939, § 27.1301.
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Repealed§ 34-1-2
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