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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 28 - Public Welfare and Assistance
Chapter 17 - County Burial
§ 28-17-3 Selection of funeral director--Decision regarding burial or cremation--Advertising for bids prohibited.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 28-17-3 (2019)
28-17-3. Selection of funeral director--Decision regarding burial or cremation--Advertising for bids prohibited. The selection of a funeral director may be made by the tribe or next of kin, if any, otherwise by the board of county commissioners. The determination whether the decedent is buried or cremated may be made by the tribe or next of kin, if any, otherwise by the board of county commissioners. In no case may the county commissioners advertise for bids on burial or cremation of indigent poor.
Source: SDC 1939, § 12.1911 as added by SL 1953, ch 24; SL 1967, ch 19; SL 2012, ch 152, § 3.
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