33A-5-1. Authority of county veterans' service officer or field officer.
Upon notice to the county or tribal veterans' service officer or field officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs of the death within the county of a person entitled to burial benefits under this chapter, or at the officer's own initiative in a proper case, the veterans' service officer or field officer shall implement the provisions of this chapter in reference to the burial of the deceased.
Source: SL 1887, ch 151, §3; CL 1887, §2471; RPolC 1903, §3239; RC 1919, §9965; SDC 1939, §41.0303; SL 1939, ch 156, §3; SL 1941, ch 173, §2; SL 1949, ch 155, §2; SL 1961, ch 207; SL 1968, ch 160, §2; SL 2007, ch 187, §223; §33-19-1; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2011, ch 152, §20.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 05 - Burial of Veterans
Section 33A-5-1 - Authority of county veterans' service officer or field officer.
Section 33A-5-5 - Procedure for payment of expenses.
Section 33A-5-6 - Appropriation for expenses.
Section 33A-5-7 - County appropriations to purchase burial plots--Conditions.
Section 33A-5-8 - County purchase of burial plots--Perpetual care--Title to plots.
Section 33A-5-9 - Conditions for county payment of burial expense.
Section 33A-5-10 - Retention of federal memorial pending payment for funeral or burial prohibited.
Section 33A-5-11 - State veterans cemetery operating fund--Fee for burial--Promulgation of rules.
Section 33A-5-12 - State veterans cemetery endowment fund.
Section 33A-5-13 - Minimum principal balance of fund.
Section 33A-5-14 - Annual report of veterans council.
Section 33A-5-15 - Donation of land for state cemetery