<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-8-15 - Lien for cost of hospital services provided persons other than county charges. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2056267Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2056267SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056267CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2056267Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2056267DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056267000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056267SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056267SCL-000002 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2056267Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-8-15"><span class="s2056267SENU">34-8-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056267SENU">. </span><span class="s2056267CL">Lien for cost of hospital services provided persons other than county charges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056267Normal-000000"><span class="s2056267DefaultParagraphFont">Whenever any county within this state, maintaining and operating a hospital under the provisions of this chapter, is requested to and does furnish the use of its hospital and its facilities to any person or to any member of such person's family, who may be other than persons defined as "county charges without means," the county in such case shall have a lien upon all of the property, real and personal, except property absolutely exempt from seizure and sale, of such person who receives the use of such hospital and its facilities for the cost of the services charged to such person for the use of such hospital and its facilities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056267Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056267000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056267Normal"><span class="s2056267SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056267SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 27.1906 as added by SL 1957, ch 120.</span></p></div></body></html>