South Dakota § 55-11-1.1 - Personal property and professional services to be provided under prearranged funeral trust contract.

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§ 55-11-1.1. Personal property and professional services to be provided under prearranged funeral trust contract.

The personal property to be delivered according to the terms of a prearranged funeral trust contract includes such things as: grave liners, vaults, transportation containers, grave markers, cremation urns or vaults, grave ornamentation, flowers, statuary, floral arrangements, caskets, clothing, memorial items, guest books and other personal property incidental to a funeral or burial service. Professional services to be provided according to the terms of a prearranged funeral trust contract are the embalming of the deceased person's body or the conduct of a funeral service for hire and any other professional services associated with the disposition, storage, preparation or burial of a deceased person's body.

Source: SL 1986, ch 408, § 7.

Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 55-11-1.1 ("Personal property and professional services to be provided under prearranged funeral trust contract.") 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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