§ 34-26A-6 Documentation required for cremation--Cremation authorization form--Burial permit--Other local documentation.

SD Codified L § 34-26A-6 (2019) (N/A)

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34-26A-6. Documentation required for cremation--Cremation authorization form--Burial permit--Other local documentation. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no crematory authority may cremate human remains until it has received:

(1) A cremation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent and the crematory authority. The cremation authorization form shall be provided by the crematory authority and shall contain the identity of the human remains, the name of the authorizing agent and the relationship between the authorizing agent and the deceased, authorization for the crematory authority to cremate the human remains, a representation that the authorizing agent is aware of no objection to the human remains being cremated by any person who has a right to control the disposition of the human remains, and the name of the person authorized to claim the cremated remains from the crematory authority;

(2) A completed and executed burial permit, as provided in § 34-25-24, indicating that the human remains are to be cremated; and

(3) Any other documentation required by the county or municipality.Source: SL 1988, ch 283, § 6.

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