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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34
Chapter 34-27
S.D. Codified Laws ch. 34-27
Cemeteries and Burial Records
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34-27-1
Repealed
Repealed
34-27-4
Superseded
Repealed
34-27-5
Racial discrimination in cemetery as petty offense--Restrictive covenants void--Immunity from liability for damages.
34-27-6
Burial record book required of cemetery--Indexes--Ownership records--Official inspection.
34-27-7
Purpose of requirements as to cemetery plats.
34-27-8
Subdivision and platting of cemeteries required--Filing with local registrar of vital records.
34-27-9
Numbering of grave spaces on cemetery plat--Designation of veterans' burials--Marking of burials.
34-27-10
Cemetery plats received by local registrar--Posting when burial permit issued.
34-27-11
Card-index records of burials maintained by local registrar--Contents.
34-27-12
Supervision of burial record system by Department of Health--Enforcement powers.
34-27-13
Filing by local registrars of data from graves registration survey project--Fees not receivable.
34-27-14
Violation or failure to maintain records as misdemeanor.
34-27-15
Duty of reinterment when cemetery removed--Punishment for omission of duty.
34-27-16
Liability for expense of reinterment on removal of cemetery.
34-27-17
Punishment for omission to reinter when cemetery removed.
34-27-18
Opening grave or breaking building with intent to remove body or coffin as misdemeanor.
34-27-19
Removing dead body maliciously or with intent to sell or dissect as misdemeanor.
34-27-20
Receiving dead body unlawfully removed as misdemeanor.
34-27-21
Definition of terms.
34-27-22
Buying, selling, or bartering human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
34-27-23
Repealed
Repealed
34-27-24
Commercial display of human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
34-27-25
Reporting discovery of human skeletal remains--Failure to report as misdemeanor.
34-27-26
Disturbing human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
34-27-27
Repealed
Repealed
34-27-28
Notification to landowner and coroner--Notification to state archaeologist and tribal officials--Time limits.
34-27-29
Repealed
Repealed
34-27-30
Rules promulgated by State Historical Society Board of Trustees.
34-27-31
Discovery of human remains or funerary objects by state educational institution or museum--Contact state archaeologist--Notice to tribal officials--Tribal request--Disposition of remains or objects.
34-27-32
Refusal to turn over remains or objects to tribal group--Appeal.
34-27-33
Confidentiality of archaeological records pertaining to location of unmarked burials and other human remains--Exceptions.