For the purposes of § 7-26-7 the term "abandoned cemetery" means a cemetery, in which no burial of a human body has taken place for five years and which has not been, for a period of five or more years, maintained by any person, church, religious or benevolent society, or any civic organization.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-26-6
Cemeteries subject to county maintenance
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Forest Home Cemetery Ass'n v. Dardanella Financial Corp. (1983)
Most recently applied in Forest Home Cemetery Ass'n v. Dardanella Financial Corp. (February 1983)
Source: SL 1973, ch 45, § 1; SL 1981, ch 57, § 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.