<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 55-11-15 - Certain persons operating cemeteries exempted from provisions regarding sale of merchandise and services--Maintenance of funds. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072883Normal { 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.s2072883SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072883CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072883Normal-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.s2072883DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072883000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072883SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072883SCL-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="s2072883Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-11-15"><span class="s2072883SENU">55-11-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072883SENU">. </span><span class="s2072883CL">Certain persons operating cemeteries exempted from provisions regarding sale of merchandise and services--Maintenance of funds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072883Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072883DefaultParagraphFont">Any person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity engaged in the business of owning, maintaining or operating a cemetery in the state of South Dakota prior to July 1, 1986, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter for purposes of the sale through the cemetery of merchandise and services incidental to a burial service. Except that such person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity engaged in the cemetery business shall maintain at least seventy percent of all money paid under a prearranged burial contract in the manner set forth in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-11-1"><span class="s2072883DefaultParagraphFont">55-11-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072883DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-11-2"><span class="s2072883DefaultParagraphFont">55-11-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072883DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-11-5.1"><span class="s2072883DefaultParagraphFont">55-11-5.1</span></a><span class="s2072883DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072883Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072883000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072883Normal"><span class="s2072883SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072883SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 408, § 15A.</span></p></div></body></html>