§ 34-26-15 — Burial within reasonable time required.

South Dakota § 34-26-15

• Jurisdiction: South Dakota
• Title 34: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Ch. 34-24C: CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS

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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.

Legislative History

PenC 1877, §§ 349, 350; CL 1887, §§ 6550, 6551; RPenC 1903, §§ 354, 355; RC 1919, §§ 3868, 3869; SDC 1939, § 27.1301.