South Dakota § 34-26-17 Right and duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 34-26-17 — Right and duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial.

South Dakota § 34-26-17

Title 34PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 34-24CCUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-17 (2026).

Text

In case the person upon whom the right and duty of burial is first cast by the provisions of § 34-26-75 does not make the burial within a reasonable time, the duty devolves upon the person next specified; and if all omit to act it devolves upon the county of the legal residence of the deceased, and if no such residence is known, then upon the county where the body is first found, and in all such cases the county has a legal preferred claim against the estate of the decedent for the actual expense incurred.

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In case the person upon whom the right and duty of burial is first cast by the provisions of § 34-26-75 does not make the burial within a reasonable time, the duty devolves upon the person next specified; and if all omit to act it devolves upon the county of the legal residence of the deceased, and if no such residence is known, then upon the county where the body is first found, and in all such cases the county has a legal preferred claim against the estate of the decedent for the actual expense incurred.

Legislative History

PenC 1877, § 355, subdiv 4; CL 1887, § 6556, subdiv 4; RPenC 1903, § 360, subdiv 4; RC 1919, § 3874 (4); SDC 1939, § 27.1303 (4); SL 1963, ch 153; SL 2022, ch 113, § 9.