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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 28 PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE
Chapter 17. County Burial
§28-17-6 Payment of expenses by county--Reimbursement by county of residency--Conduct of funeral and payment of expenses for deceased veterans.
SD Codified L § 28-17-6 (through 2011) What's This?
28-17-6. Payment of expenses by county--Reimbursement by county of residency--Conduct of funeral and payment of expenses for deceased veterans. The necessary and reasonable expenses of burial under this chapter shall be paid by the county treasurer, upon the order of such commissioners; and if the decedent shall have had an established residency according to § 28-13-3 in a county in this state different from that in which he died, the county paying such funeral expenses shall be reimbursed by the county in which the decedent had an established residency. When the person so dying shall be an honorably discharged United States soldier, sailor, marine, or aviator, the funeral shall be conducted and expenses paid as provided in chapter 33A-5.
Source: SDC 1939, § 50.0105; SL 1976, ch 173, § 25; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
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