Whenever the owner and the person in charge of any unburied dead animal shall fail to burn or bury or cause the same to be burned or buried, or otherwise dispose of such body or cause the same to be buried in accordance with laws, rules, and regulations as required by §§ 34-16-14 to 34-16-16, inclusive, he shall have committed a petty offense for each dead body so left unburned or unburied or otherwise disposed of.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-16-17
Failure to dispose of dead animal as petty offense
Source: SL 1903, ch 11, § 7; RC 1919, § 7690; SL 1925, ch 121, § 7; SL 1931, ch 210, § 3; SDC 1939, § 27.9941; SL 1977, ch 190, § 29.
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