South Dakota § 62-4-15 - Injury resulting in death--Payments to dependent collateral heirs.
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§ 62-4-15. Injury resulting in death--Payments to dependent collateral heirs.
The amount of compensation which shall be paid for an injury to the employee resulting in death, if no amount is payable under § 62-4-12 or 62-4-14, and the employee leaves collateral heirs dependent at the time of the injury to the employee upon the employee's earnings, shall be such a percentage of the sum provided in § 62-4-12 as the average annual contributions which the deceased made to the support of the collateral dependent heirs during two years preceding the injury bear to the employee's earnings during the two years.
Source: SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (3); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (2); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (3) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 2008, ch 278, § 19.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does South Dakota Codified Laws § 62-4-15 cover?
Section 62-4-15 ("Injury resulting in death--Payments to dependent collateral heirs.") 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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