There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 33A VETERANS AFFAIRS
Chapter 03. Veterans' Guardianships
§33A-3-19 Certification of mental incompetency of ward.
SD Codified L § 33A-3-19 (through 2011) What's This?
33A-3-19. Certification of mental incompetency of ward. If a petition is filed for the appointment of a conservator for a mentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the secretary of veterans' affairs that the person has been rated incompetent by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs and that the appointment of a conservator is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due to the ward by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs is prima facie evidence of the necessity for the appointment.
Source: SDC 1939, § 35.1906; SL 1943, ch 136, § 7; SDC Supp 1960, § 35.1907; SL 1993, ch 213, § 192; SDCL § 30-33-19; SL 1995, ch 167, § 175; SL 2007, ch 187, § 192; § 33-17A-19; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
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