A personality's right of publicity terminates if the personality is deceased and there is no living next of kin of the personality and the personality has not assigned his or her rights.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-64-4
Termination of personality's right of publicity
Source: SL 2015, ch 126, § 4.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.