<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 24-1-27 - Disposition of a dead inmate--Notice to next of kin.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 24-1-27 - Disposition of a dead inmate--Notice to next of kin."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 24-1-27 - Disposition of a dead inmate--Notice to next of kin."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/24-1-27"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=24-1-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08SENU">24-1-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08SENU">. </span><span class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08CL">Disposition of a dead inmate--Notice to next of kin.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont">Upon notification of the death of any inmate who has not been released on parole or suspended sentence, an official of the Department of Corrections shall contact the county coroner, who shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont">23-14</span></a><span class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont">. A department official shall also attempt to contact the person designated by the inmate prior to death or the next of kin, if known, and offer the body to be delivered to such person at that person's expense. If attempts to contact such persons fail or if the offer of delivery is declined, a department official, after forty</span><span class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont-000000">-</span><span class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont">eight hours, shall make arrangements for the disposition of the body.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s851f2190af8e4b2daca834d07a449e08SCL">SDC 1939, § 13.4725; SL 1989, ch 20, § 78; SL 2023, ch 82, § 60.</span></p></div></body></html>