<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS 55-12 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 55-12 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 55-12"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 55-12 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-1">55-12-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Cemeteries subject to provisions of chapter. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-2">55-12-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Classification of cemeteries. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-3">55-12-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Operation of perpetual care cemetery--Creation of perpetual care fund required. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-4">55-12-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Continuance of operation--Cemetery principal fund deposits. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-5">55-12-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Previously existing cemetery becoming a perpetual care cemetery--Creation and maintenance of perpetual care fund. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-6">55-12-6</A>, 55-12-7. Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-8">55-12-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Income from cemetery principal fund--Transfer to earnings fund--Use. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-8.1">55-12-8.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Permissible uses of proceeds of income transferred to earnings fund. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-9">55-12-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Nonperpetual care cemeteries. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-10">55-12-10</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Nonperpetual care cemetery sign--Requirements as to display. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-11">55-12-11</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Forms to disclose status as nonperpetual care cemetery--Information to purchaser of lot. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-12">55-12-12</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Nonperpetual care cemetery becoming a perpetual care cemetery--Creation and maintenance of perpetual care fund. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-13">55-12-13</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Commission, bonus, rebate or other thing of value in connection with sale of interment space in perpetual care cemetery prohibited--Exceptions. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-14">55-12-14</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Representations in connection with sale of interment space as to speculative investment prohibited. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-15">55-12-15</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Violations as petty offenses. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-16">55-12-16</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Severability of provisions. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-17">55-12-17</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Annual financial report. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-18">55-12-18</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Funds to be administered by trustee under control of licensed banking institution--Report to secretary of state. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-19">55-12-19</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Attorney general investigation into use of earnings fund--Subpoena. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-20">55-12-20</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Procedures available to attorney general. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-21">55-12-21</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Court action to enforce compliance. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-22">55-12-22</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Injunction to restrain use of money in earnings fund. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-23">55-12-23</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Restoration of misused money or property--Appointment of receiver. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=55-12-24">55-12-24</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Authority of receiver. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072885Normal { 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.s2072885SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072885CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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class="s2072885SENU">55-12-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072885SENU">. </span><span class="s2072885CL">Cemeteries subject to provisions of chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072885Normal-000000"><span class="s2072885DefaultParagraphFont">Any persons, firms, or corporations or other forms of organization organized or engaging in the business under the laws of the State of South Dakota, or wheresoever organized and engaging in the business in the State of South Dakota, of the ownership, maintenance or operation of a cemetery, providing lots or other interment space therein for the remains of human bodies, except such organizations which are churches or religious or established fraternal societies, or municipalities or other political subdivisions of the State of South Dakota owning, maintaining or operating cemeteries, or persons, firms, or corporations owning and operating cemeteries which have been in existence more than five years prior to February 28, 1955 shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072885Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072885000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072885Normal"><span class="s2072885SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072885SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A01; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072886Normal { 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.s2072886SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="s2072886Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-2"><span class="s2072886SENU">55-12-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072886SENU">. </span><span class="s2072886CL">Classification of cemeteries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072886Normal-000000"><span class="s2072886DefaultParagraphFont">All such persons, firms or organizations subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be, for the purposes hereof, designated either as "perpetual care cemeteries" or "nonperpetual care cemeteries."</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072886Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072886000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072886Normal"><span class="s2072886SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072886SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A02.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" 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class="s2072887Normal-000000"><span class="s2072887DefaultParagraphFont">Any such organization subject to the provisions of this chapter which is organized or commences business in the State of South Dakota after February 28, 1955, and desires to operate as a perpetual care cemetery shall, before selling or disposing of any interment space or lots, establish a minimum perpetual care and maintenance guarantee fund of twenty</span><span class="s2072887DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2072887DefaultParagraphFont">five thousand dollars or one hundred dollars per burial space, whichever is less, in cash.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072887Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072887000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072887Normal"><span class="s2072887SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072887SCL-000003"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A03; SL 1990, ch 389, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html 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</style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-4"><span class="s2072888SENU">55-12-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072888SENU">. </span><span class="s2072888CL">Continuance of operation--Cemetery principal fund deposits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal-000000"><span class="s2072888DefaultParagraphFont">To continue to operate as a perpetual care cemetery, any such organization shall set aside and deposit in the cemetery principal fund not less than the following amounts for lots of interment space thereafter sold or disposed of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal-000001"><span class="s2072888DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A minimum of twenty percent of the gross selling price with a minimum of twenty dollars for each adult burial space, whichever is the greater.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal-000001"><span class="s2072888DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A minimum of twenty percent of the gross selling price for each child's space with a minimum of five dollars for each space up to forty-two inches in length or ten dollars for each space up to sixty inches in length, whichever is the greater.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal-000001"><span class="s2072888DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A minimum of twenty percent of the gross selling price with a minimum of one hundred dollars for each crypt in a public mausoleum, whichever is the greater.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal-000001"><span class="s2072888DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    A minimum of twenty percent of the gross selling price with a minimum of ten dollars for each inurnment niche in a public columbarium.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal-000002"><span class="s2072888DefaultParagraphFont">No amount of the principal in the principal cemetery fund may be withdrawn or transferred out of the cemetery principal fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072888000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072888Normal"><span class="s2072888SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072888SCL-000004"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A03; SL 2014, ch 228, § 3, eff. Mar. 28, 2014.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072889Normal { 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.s2072889SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072889CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072889Normal-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.s2072889DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072889000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072889SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072889SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072889Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-5"><span class="s2072889SENU">55-12-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072889SENU">. </span><span class="s2072889CL">Previously existing cemetery becoming a perpetual care cemetery--Creation and maintenance of perpetual care fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072889Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072889DefaultParagraphFont">Any such organization subject to the provisions of this chapter which was organized and engaged in business prior to February 28, 1955, shall be a perpetual care cemetery if it shall at all times comply with the requirements of a perpetual care cemetery as set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-4"><span class="s2072889DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072889DefaultParagraphFont">. Trust funds set aside under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=47-29-22"><span class="s2072889DefaultParagraphFont">47-29-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072889DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be administered under this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072889Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072889000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072889Normal"><span class="s2072889SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072889SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A04.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS 55-12-6 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 55-12-6 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 55-12-6"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 55-12-6, 55-12-7. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2014, ch 228, &#167;&#167;&nbsp;1, 2 eff. March 28, 2014.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072891Normal { 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.s2072891SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072891CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072891Normal-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.s2072891DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072891000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072891SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072891SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072891Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-8"><span class="s2072891SENU">55-12-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072891SENU">. </span><span class="s2072891CL">Income from cemetery principal fund--Transfer to earnings fund--Use.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072891Normal-000000"><span class="s2072891DefaultParagraphFont">The income from the cemetery principal fund may be transferred to an earnings fund established by the cemetery and may be used for the care and maintenance of the cemetery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072891Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072891000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072891Normal"><span class="s2072891SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072891SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A03; SL 2014, ch 228, § 4, eff. Mar. 28, 2014.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072892Normal { 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.s2072892SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072892CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072892Normal-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.s2072892DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072892000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072892SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072892SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072892Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-8.1"><span class="s2072892SENU">55-12-8.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072892SENU">. </span><span class="s2072892CL">Permissible uses of proceeds of income transferred to earnings fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072892Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072892DefaultParagraphFont">The proceeds arising from the income transferred to the earnings fund pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-8"><span class="s2072892DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072892DefaultParagraphFont"> for the care and maintenance of the cemetery may only be used for protecting, preserving, improving, and embellishing the cemetery and its appurtenances; preserving and caring, and marking of abandoned or neglected graves; the repairing of monuments or gravestones; and may not be used for any other purpose.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072892Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072892000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072892Normal"><span class="s2072892SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072892SCL-000002"> SL 2019, ch 210, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072893Normal { 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.s2072893SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072893CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072893Normal-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.s2072893DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072893000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072893SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072893SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072893Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-9"><span class="s2072893SENU">55-12-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072893SENU">. </span><span class="s2072893CL">Nonperpetual care cemeteries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072893Normal-000000"><span class="s2072893DefaultParagraphFont">All other organizations subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be nonperpetual care cemeteries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072893Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072893000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072893Normal"><span class="s2072893SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072893SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A05.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072894Normal { 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.s2072894SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072894CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072894Normal-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.s2072894DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072894000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072894SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072894SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072894Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-10"><span class="s2072894SENU">55-12-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072894SENU">. </span><span class="s2072894CL">Nonperpetual care cemetery sign--Requirements as to display.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072894Normal-000000"><span class="s2072894DefaultParagraphFont">Each nonperpetual care cemetery shall post in a conspicuous place in the office or offices where sales are conducted a legible sign stating: "This is a nonperpetual care cemetery." The lettering of this sign shall be of suitable size so it is easily read at a distance of fifty feet.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072894Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072894000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072894Normal"><span class="s2072894SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072894SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A05.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072895Normal { 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.s2072895SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072895CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072895Normal-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.s2072895DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072895000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072895SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072895SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072895Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-11"><span class="s2072895SENU">55-12-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072895SENU">. </span><span class="s2072895CL">Forms to disclose status as nonperpetual care cemetery--Information to purchaser of lot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072895Normal-000000"><span class="s2072895DefaultParagraphFont">Each nonperpetual care cemetery shall also have printed or stamped at the head of all its contracts, deeds, statements, letterheads and advertising material, the legend: "This is a nonperpetual care cemetery," and shall not sell any lot or interment space therein unless the purchaser thereof is informed that the cemetery is a nonperpetual care cemetery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072895Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072895000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072895Normal"><span class="s2072895SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072895SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A05.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072896Normal { 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.s2072896SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072896CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072896Normal-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.s2072896DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072896DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072896000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072896SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072896SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072896Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-12"><span class="s2072896SENU">55-12-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072896SENU">. </span><span class="s2072896CL">Nonperpetual care cemetery becoming a perpetual care cemetery--Creation and maintenance of perpetual care fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072896Normal-000000"><span class="s2072896DefaultParagraphFont">Any nonperpetual care cemetery may become a perpetual care cemetery by placing in the perpetual care trust fund twenty</span><span class="s2072896DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072896DefaultParagraphFont">five thousand dollars, five thousand dollars per acre of all property sold or one hundred dollars per burial space, whichever is less, and shall comply with the requirement for a perpetual care cemetery as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-4"><span class="s2072896DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-4</span></a><span class="s2072896DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072896Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072896000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072896Normal"><span class="s2072896SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072896SCL-000003"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 6; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A06; SL 1990, ch 389, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072897Normal { 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.s2072897SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072897CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072897Normal-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.s2072897DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072897000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072897SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072897SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072897Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-13"><span class="s2072897SENU">55-12-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072897SENU">. </span><span class="s2072897CL">Commission, bonus, rebate or other thing of value in connection with sale of interment space in perpetual care cemetery prohibited--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072897Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072897DefaultParagraphFont">No organization subject to the provisions of this chapter may pay or offer to pay to, or for any person, firm or corporation to receive, directly or indirectly, a commission or bonus or rebate or other thing of value, for or in connection with the sale of any interment space, lot or part thereof, in any cemetery described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-1"><span class="s2072897DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-1</span></a><span class="s2072897DefaultParagraphFont">. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person regularly employed and supervised by such organization or to any agent of such organization who is directly supervised by such organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072897Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072897000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072897Normal"><span class="s2072897SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072897SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 7; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A07; SL 1997, ch 279, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072898Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072898Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-14"><span class="s2072898SENU">55-12-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072898SENU">. </span><span class="s2072898CL">Representations in connection with sale of interment space as to speculative investment prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072898Normal-000000"><span class="s2072898DefaultParagraphFont">No organization subject to the provisions of this chapter nor any person representing it in a sales capacity shall advertise or represent, in connection with the sale or attempted sale of any interment space, that the same is or will be a desirable speculative investment for resale purposes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072898Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072898000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072898Normal"><span class="s2072898SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072898SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 12; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072899Normal { 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.s2072899SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072899CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072899Normal-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.s2072899DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072899000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072899SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072899SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072899Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-15"><span class="s2072899SENU">55-12-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899SENU">. </span><span class="s2072899CL">Violations as petty offenses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072899Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-3"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-4"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-8"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-10"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-11"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-13"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-14"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont"> is a petty offense. Each day a violation occurs except the commission of any act declared unlawful in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-13"><span class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be a separate and distinct offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072899Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072899Normal"><span class="s2072899SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072899SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, §§ 9, 10; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.9902; SL 1980, ch 24, § 110.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072900Normal { 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.s2072900SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072900CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072900Normal-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.s2072900DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072900000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072900SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072900SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072900Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-16"><span class="s2072900SENU">55-12-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072900SENU">. </span><span class="s2072900CL">Severability of provisions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072900Normal-000000"><span class="s2072900DefaultParagraphFont">If any provision hereof or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072900Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072900000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072900Normal"><span class="s2072900SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072900SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 97, § 11; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.19A09.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072901Normal { 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.s2072901SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072901CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072901Normal-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.s2072901DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072901000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072901SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072901SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072901Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-17"><span class="s2072901SENU">55-12-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072901SENU">. </span><span class="s2072901CL">Annual financial report.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072901Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072901DefaultParagraphFont">A perpetual cemetery, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-4"><span class="s2072901DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072901DefaultParagraphFont">, or a perpetual cemetery corporation operating under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=47-29"><span class="s2072901DefaultParagraphFont">47-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072901DefaultParagraphFont"> shall file an annual financial report for the preceding fiscal year with the secretary of state by July thirty-first of each year on a form prescribed by the secretary of state if the cemetery has one hundred or more people buried in the cemetery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072901Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072901000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072901Normal"><span class="s2072901SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072901SCL-000002"> SL 2013, ch 232, § 2; SL 2014, ch 228, § 5, eff. Mar. 28, 2014.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072902Normal { 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.s2072902SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072902CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072902Normal-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.s2072902DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072902000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072902SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072902SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072902Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-18"><span class="s2072902SENU">55-12-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072902SENU">. </span><span class="s2072902CL">Funds to be administered by trustee under control of licensed banking institution--Report to secretary of state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072902Normal-000000"><span class="s2072902DefaultParagraphFont">If a perpetual care cemetery has more than three thousand people buried in the cemetery, the cemetery shall transfer all moneys from the perpetual care fund into the principal fund. The principal fund and the earnings fund of a perpetual cemetery shall be administered by an independent trustee and shall remain in the control of a licensed banking institution. No moneys may be taken out of the principal fund to pay for the costs of administering the funds. The principal fund and the earnings fund are open for public inspection. Each perpetual care cemetery shall submit a report to the secretary of state that includes the name and address of the licensed banking institution and the account numbers of the principal account and the earnings account by April 1, 2014.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072902Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072902000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072902Normal"><span class="s2072902SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072902SCL-000002"> SL 2014, ch 228, § 6, eff. Mar. 28, 2014.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072903Normal { 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.s2072903SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072903CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072903Normal-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.s2072903DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072903000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072903SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072903SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072903Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-19"><span class="s2072903SENU">55-12-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072903SENU">. </span><span class="s2072903CL">Attorney general investigation into use of earnings fund--Subpoena.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072903Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072903DefaultParagraphFont">If the attorney general has reason to believe that a perpetual care cemetery is not using the money in the earnings fund for the purposes listed in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-8.1"><span class="s2072903DefaultParagraphFont">55-12-8.1</span></a><span class="s2072903DefaultParagraphFont">, the attorney general may investigate the use of the money in the earnings fund. The attorney general may execute in writing and may issue a subpoena upon any person who is believed to have information, documentary material, or physical evidence relevant to an alleged misuse of the money in the earnings fund. The subpoena shall require the person to furnish, under oath or otherwise, a report in writing setting forth the relevant facts and circumstances of which the person has knowledge, or to appear and testify, or to produce relevant documentary material or physical evidence for examination, at a reasonable time and place as stated in the subpoena.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072903Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072903000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072903Normal"><span class="s2072903SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072903SCL-000002"> SL 2019, ch 210, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072904Normal { 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.s2072904SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072904CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072904Normal-000000 { 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.s2072904DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072904Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072904000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072904SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072904SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072904Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-20"><span class="s2072904SENU">55-12-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072904SENU">. </span><span class="s2072904CL">Procedures available to attorney general.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072904Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont">The attorney general may issue a subpoena under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-24-14"><span class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont">37-24-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont"> or an investigative demand under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-24-12"><span class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont">37-24-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont"> to any person and may conduct any hearing in aid of any investigation or inquiry. The attorney general may prescribe the forms governing:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072904Normal-000001"><span class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The conduct of investigations;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072904Normal-000001"><span class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    When, what, and to whom information concerning the use of the earnings fund will be released; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072904Normal-000001"><span class="s2072904DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The conditions under which assurances of voluntary compliance will be accepted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072904Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072904000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072904Normal"><span class="s2072904SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072904SCL-000003"> SL 2019, ch 210, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072905Normal { 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.s2072905SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072905CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072905Normal-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.s2072905DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072905000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072905SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072905SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072905Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-21"><span class="s2072905SENU">55-12-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072905SENU">. </span><span class="s2072905CL">Court action to enforce compliance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072905Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072905DefaultParagraphFont">If any person refuses to obey an investigative demand or subpoena, the attorney general may petition the circuit court to enforce compliance under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-24-17"><span class="s2072905DefaultParagraphFont">37-24-17</span></a><span class="s2072905DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072905Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072905000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072905Normal"><span class="s2072905SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072905SCL-000002"> SL 2019, ch 210, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072906Normal { 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.s2072906SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072906CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072906Normal-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.s2072906DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072906000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072906SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072906SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072906Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-22"><span class="s2072906SENU">55-12-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072906SENU">. </span><span class="s2072906CL">Injunction to restrain use of money in earnings fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072906Normal-000000"><span class="s2072906DefaultParagraphFont">If the attorney general has reason to believe that any person is using the money in the earnings fund for purposes not related to the care and maintenance of the perpetual care cemetery, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state against the person to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the use of the money in the earnings fund. The notice of the action shall state generally the relief sought and be served at least three days before any hearing in the action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072906Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072906000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072906Normal"><span class="s2072906SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072906SCL-000002"> SL 2019, ch 210, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072907Normal { 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.s2072907SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072907CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072907Normal-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.s2072907DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072907000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072907SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072907SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072907Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-23"><span class="s2072907SENU">55-12-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072907SENU">. </span><span class="s2072907CL">Restoration of misused money or property--Appointment of receiver.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072907Normal-000000"><span class="s2072907DefaultParagraphFont">The court may make any additional orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person in interest any moneys or property, real or personal, that the court finds to have been misused. Additional relief may include the appointment of a receiver whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant threatens or is about to remove, conceal, or dispose of his property to the damage of persons to whom restoration would be made under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072907Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072907000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072907Normal"><span class="s2072907SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072907SCL-000002"> SL 2019, ch 210, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 55-12 - CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072908Normal { 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.s2072908SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072908CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072908Normal-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.s2072908DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072908000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072908SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072908SCL-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="s2072908Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=55-12-24"><span class="s2072908SENU">55-12-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072908SENU">. </span><span class="s2072908CL">Authority of receiver.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072908Normal-000000"><span class="s2072908DefaultParagraphFont">If a receiver is appointed by the court, the receiver may collect, receive, and take into the receiver's possession all the goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, land and tenements, books, records, documents, papers, choses in action, bills, notes, and property of every description. If any property has been commingled and the property cannot be identified because of the commingling, the receiver may sell, convey, and assign the property and hold and dispose of any proceeds under the direction of the court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072908Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072908000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072908Normal"><span class="s2072908SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072908SCL-000002"> SL 2019, ch 210, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>