34-27-28. Notification to landowner and coroner--Notification to state archaeologist and tribal officials--Time limits.
If a law enforcement officer has reason to believe that the skeletal remains, reported pursuant to §34-27-25, may be human, he shall promptly notify the landowner and the coroner. If the remains reported under §34-27-25 are not associated with or suspected of association with any crime, the state archaeologist shall be notified within fifteen days. The state archaeologist shall thereupon follow the procedure set out in §34-27-31, except that the skeletal remains shall be turned over to the attorney general or any state's attorney should either request the remains for further investigation.
Source: SL 1990, ch 6, §8; SL 1991, ch 281, §3C.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 27 - Cemeteries And Burial Records
Section 34-27-7 - Purpose of requirements as to cemetery plats.
Section 34-27-10 - Cemetery plats received by local registrar--Posting when burial permit issued.
Section 34-27-11 - Card-index records of burials maintained by local registrar--Contents.
Section 34-27-12 - Supervision of burial record system by Department of Health--Enforcement powers.
Section 34-27-14 - Violation or failure to maintain records as misdemeanor.
Section 34-27-15 - Duty of reinterment when cemetery removed--Punishment for omission of duty.
Section 34-27-16 - Liability for expense of reinterment on removal of cemetery.
Section 34-27-17 - Punishment for omission to reinter when cemetery removed.
Section 34-27-19 - Removing dead body maliciously or with intent to sell or dissect as misdemeanor.
Section 34-27-20 - Receiving dead body unlawfully removed as misdemeanor.
Section 34-27-21 - Definition of terms.
Section 34-27-24 - Commercial display of human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
Section 34-27-25 - Reporting discovery of human skeletal remains--Failure to report as misdemeanor.
Section 34-27-26 - Disturbing human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
Section 34-27-30 - Rules promulgated by State Historical Society Board of Trustees.
Section 34-27-32 - Refusal to turn over remains or objects to tribal group--Appeal.