South Carolina § 25-12-50 - Disposition of remains.
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§ 25-12-50. Disposition of remains.
(A) If a coroner or a manager of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary ascertains the cremated remains in its possession are those of a veteran, and they have not been instructed by the person in control of the disposition of the decedent's remains to arrange for the final disposal or delivery of the cremated remains, the coroner or the manager of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary shall dispose of the cremated remains in the manner provided in this chapter or relinquish possession of the cremated remains to a veterans' service organization.
(B) The disposition of the cremated remains must be made in a national cemetery, a state or local veterans' cemetery, a section of a cemetery corporation where veterans are memorialized by a veteran's marker, a veterans' section of a cemetery corporation, or a veterans' cemetery if the deceased veteran is eligible for interment in such a manner.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 166, SECTION 1, eff May 14, 2012; 2014 Act No. 160 (S.842), SECTION 1, eff April 14, 2014; 2024 Act No. 142 (H.4376), SECTION 3, eff May 13, 2024.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 160, SECTION 1, in subsection (A), twice inserted reference to the coroner.
2024 Act No. 142, SECTION 3, in (A), substituted "shall dispose" for "may dispose".
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 25-12-50 ("Disposition of remains.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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