For the purpose of §§ 28-14-5 to 28-14-18, inclusive, a poor person shall mean any person who receives support, care, and maintenance as a poor person, or any person who is a patient of the South Dakota Human Services Center and any and all other cases wherein any county within this state shall become obligated to, and does pay for any care, support, and maintenance. It shall also include all moneys expended by any county for burial expenses.
S.D. Codified Laws § 28-14-3
Support and relief for which lien may be established--Burial expenses
Source: SDC 1939, § 39.1701; SL 1939, ch 148; SL 1963, ch 380, § 13.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.