If any person dies within any county, who does not have money or means necessary to defray the funeral expenses, and whose relatives or friends are unable or unwilling to defray the expenses, the county commissioners shall employ a funeral director to provide for and superintend the burial or cremation of the deceased person.
S.D. Codified Laws § 28-17-1
County to employ funeral director to supervise burial or cremation of indigent person
Source: SDC 1939, § 50.0105; SL 1976, ch 173, § 23; SL 2012, ch 152, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.