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South Dakota Statutes, Title 7

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Title 7, COUNTIES

39 chapters · 727 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 7727 Ch 1, COUNTY NAMES AND BOUNDARIES70 Ch 21, COUNTY BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS59 Ch 25A, IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS46 Ch 8, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS43 Ch 18A, ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS40 Ch 31, MANAGEMENT OF TAX DEED AND SCHOOL FU…39 Ch 9, REGISTER OF DEEDS36 Ch 18, CORPORATE POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF …35 Ch 7, COUNTY OFFICERS IN GENERAL34 Ch 16, STATE'S ATTORNEY33 Ch 12, SHERIFF31 Ch 2, CONSOLIDATION AND CHANGE OF COUNTY B…22 Ch 3, DIVISION OF COUNTIES21 Ch 25, COUNTY BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS19

10 sections·Filtered byTitle 7✕Ch 14✕

SDCL § 7-14-1 Fees and expenses allowable to coroner set by board
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The coroner shall receive fees and expenses as set by the board of county commissioners. Source: SL 1881, ch 75 , § 1; CL 1887, § 1414; RPolC 1903, § 1835; RC 1919, § 5974; SL 1933, ch 70 ; SDC 1939, § 12.1105; SL 1968, ch 16 , § 4; SL 1984, ch 44 , § 4A; SL 1985, ch 46 , § 4; SL…
SDCL § 7-14-10 Training programs
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Each newly selected county coroner shall participate in the training program established by the Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission within one year of taking office. Each county coroner shall participate in and successfully complete an advanced or refresher training est…
SDCL § 7-14-2 Reimbursement and source of payment of coroner's expenses
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The county coroner shall be reimbursed for all necessary and reasonable expenditures incurred in the discharge of his duty as shall be approved by the board of county commissioners and which shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. Source: SL 1881, ch 75 , § 1; CL 188…
SDCL § 7-14-3 Surrender or burial of body viewed by coroner
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The coroner shall cause the body of any deceased person which he is called upon to view to be delivered to the person entitled to receive it, if any there be; but if not, he shall cause it to be properly buried and the expense paid from any property found with the body. Source: S…

SDCL § 7-14-4 Offer of body to medical school--Burial if not requisitioned by school

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If sufficient property is not found on the body, the coroner shall forthwith give notice to the dean of the department of medicine of the University of South Dakota, specifying in such notice the probable cause of death; and upon the requisition of the dean of such department, he…

SDCL § 7-14-5 Delivery to county treasurer of property found on body--Action for recovery

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The coroner must within thirty days after an inquest upon a dead body deliver to the county treasurer any money or other property which may be found upon the body, not expended for burial expenses as provided in § 7-14-3 , unless claimed in the meantime by the legal representativ…

SDCL § 7-14-6 Deposit and sale of property found on body--Delivery to decedent's estate

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Upon the delivery of any property to the treasurer, as provided in § 7-14-5 , he must, if it be money, place it to the credit of the county; or, if it be other property, he must within thirty days sell it at public auction, upon reasonable notice, and place the proceeds to the cr…

SDCL § 7-14-7 Coroner to account for property before fees paid

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Before auditing and allowing any account of the coroner the board of county commissioners must require from him a statement in writing of any money or other property found upon persons on whom inquests have been held by him, verified by his oath, to the effect that the statement …

SDCL § 7-14-8 Salary--Radio

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The coroner may receive a salary which shall be set by the board of county commissioners and the coroner may be furnished with a radio by the county capable of transmitting and receiving government bands. Source: SL 1985, ch 48 , § 1.

SDCL § 7-14-9 Appointment and compensation of deputies

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The coroner may appoint one or more deputies and each deputy shall receive fees and expenses as determined at the discretion of the board of the county commissioners. The deputy coroner may not receive a salary. Source: SL 1985, ch 48 , § 2; SL 2005, ch 45 , § 1.