South Dakota § 34-25-57 - Violation of requirements as misdemeanor.
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§ 34-25-57. Violation of requirements as misdemeanor.
No person, officer, agent, or employee of any other person or of any corporation or partnership may:
(1) Inter, cremate, or otherwise finally dispose of a dead body of a human being or permit the same to be done or remove the body from the state without authority of a burial or removal permit;
(2) Refuse or fail to furnish any information in such person's possession or furnish false information affecting any certificate or record required by this chapter;
(3) Intentionally falsify any certificate of birth, death, or burial or removal permit or any record required by this chapter;
(4) Being required by this chapter to fill out a certificate of birth or death and file the certificate with the local registrar or deliver it upon request to any person charged with the duty of filing the certificate, fail, neglect, or refuse to perform;
(5) Being an employee of the state vital records office, a local registrar or deputy registrar, intentionally fail, neglect, or refuse to perform the duty as required by this chapter or by the rules adopted by the secretary of health or by the instructions and directions of the department;
(6) Intentionally make, counterfeit, alter, amend, or mutilate any certificate, record, or report required by this chapter or a certified copy of the certificate, record, or report for the purpose of deception;
(7) Obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, or attempt to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, any certificate, record, or report, or certified copy thereof, required by this chapter, whether altered in any manner or not, for any purpose of deception; or
(8) Possess any certificate, record, or report, or copy thereof, required by this chapter, knowing that the certificate, record, or report, or copy thereof, was stolen or otherwise obtained unlawfully.
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.9902; SL 1941, ch 124, § 8; SL 1972, ch 194, § 43; SL 1977, ch 190, § 66; SL 2000, ch 172, § 1; SL 2005, ch 190, § 7.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34-25-57 ("Violation of requirements as misdemeanor.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. 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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