34-27-18. Opening grave or breaking building with intent to remove body or coffin as misdemeanor.
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/sd/title-34/chapter-34-27/34-27-18A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Every person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent either:
(1)To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of selling the same or for the purpose of dissection; or
(2)To steal the coffin, or any part thereof, or anything attached thereto or connected therewith, or the vestments or other articles buried with the same;