33A-5-9. Conditions for county payment of burial expense.
Any county may pay burial expense of persons described in §33A-5-7 for any such burial if the person dies in the county or has legal residence in the county at the time of death and if the relatives or friends of the deceased furnish affidavits acceptable to a circuit judge for the county that the estate of the decedent is not sufficient to defray the funeral expense.
Source: SL 1927, ch 192; SL 1929, ch 226, §2; SDC 1939, §12.1912; SL 1943, ch 31; SL 2007, ch 187, §230; §33-19-10; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2011, ch 152, §25.
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