47-29-15. Sale of platted but unused, unsold and unneeded ground--Determination by governing body of corporation--Confirmation.
If any cemetery association or cemetery corporation owns a tract of land surveyed and platted as required by §47-29-13 which is included within the boundaries of real estate acquired for cemetery purposes, and which tract lies adjacent to the outer boundaries of such real estate acquired for cemetery purposes, and in which tract no interment has been made, and in which tract nobody holds any existing right, acquired by purchase or otherwise, to make an interment, said corporation or association may sell such tract either as an entirety or in subdivisions, if and when it is determined, as hereinafter provided, that there is no reasonable ground for belief that such tract or any part thereof will be needed for interment purposes for a period of twenty years in the future. Such determination shall be by the governing body of such corporation or association, confirmed as provided in §§47-29-16 and 47-29-17.
Source: SDC 1939, §11.1906 as added by SL 1955, ch 16.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 29 - Cemetery Corporations
Section 47-29-1 - Cemetery corporations authorized--Nonprofit corporation law as applicable.
Section 47-29-4 - Quorum of members--Proxies counted.
Section 47-29-6 - Directors required to be members.
Section 47-29-7 - Grounds previously used for burial--Lot owners as members of corporation.
Section 47-29-10 - Other laws applicable to nonperpetual care cemeteries.
Section 47-29-12 - Additional holdings of real property--Sale of additional holdings.
Section 47-29-13 - Surveying and platting of cemetery grounds--Recordation--Lot numbering.
Section 47-29-14 - Sale of unplatted and unused ground.
Section 47-29-17 - Order granting or denying petition--Order as conclusive absent appeal.
Section 47-29-18 - Judgment as vacating plat or survey--Replatting.
Section 47-29-20 - Improvements on cemetery lands--Prohibited uses.
Section 47-29-21 - Authorization to hold personal property.
Section 47-29-24 - Percentage of proceeds used to pay debts.
Section 47-29-26 - Validation of previous cemetery lot deeds.