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S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-39

Interment of body unless claimed by relative

Source: SL 1939, ch 135, § 13; SL 1939, ch 136; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.37A13; SDCL § 23-49-27; SL 1979, ch 160, § 41; SL 2007, ch 152, § 3; SL 2008, ch 117, § 37; SL 2023, ch 82, §…

After the postmortem examination and any autopsy, the body of the defendant, unless claimed by some relative, shall be interred in a cemetery within the county where the state correctional facility is situated.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.