South Dakota Statutes

§ 34-27-19 — Removing dead body maliciously or with intent to sell or dissect as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 34-27-19
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 34PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Ch. 34-27CEMETERIES AND BURIAL RECORDS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 34-27-19 (2026).

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Every person who removes all or any part of the dead body of a human being from any grave or other place where the same has been buried, or from any place where the same is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent to sell the same or to dissect it without authority of law, or from malice or wantonness, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

PenC 1877, § 358; CL 1887, § 6559; RPenC 1903, § 363; RC 1919, § 3877; SDC 1939, § 13.1418; SL 1977, ch 190, § 74.

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