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South Dakota

Title 34 · Chapter 34-25
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34-25-1. Department of Health to have charge of registration.
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34-25-1.1. Definition of terms.
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34-25-2. 34-25-2, 34-25-3. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-4. Vital registration districts--Establishment, consolidation or subdivision.
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34-25-4.1. Register of deeds or designee as local registrar--Fees--Deputy, appointment, and duty.
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34-25-5. 34-25-5 to 34-25-7. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-8. Birth registration--Certificate of live birth--Time for filing--Availability of records.
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34-25-8.1. Birth in moving conveyance.
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34-25-8.2. 34-25-8.2. Repealed by SL 1989, ch 297, § 2.
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34-25-9. Birth in institution--Attending physician or physician's designee to prepare certificate--Filing certificate.
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34-25-9.1. Birth outside institution--Persons responsible for certificate--Evidence required--Violation as misdemeanor.
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34-25-9.2. Birth certificate signed by parents or informant.
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34-25-10. 34-25-10 to 34-25-13. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-13.1. Husband's name entered on birth certificate--Father's name as determined in paternity proceeding or by affidavits.
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34-25-13.2. Parents' consent or judicial determination required to name father in birth certificate when mother unmarried.
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34-25-13.3. Unmarried mother's surname shown on birth certificate unless paternity acknowledged.
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34-25-13.4. Father not named on birth certificate--No other information entered.
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34-25-14. Child of unknown parents--Physician to name child and file birth certificate.
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34-25-15. Legitimation of child--New birth certificate--Fee.
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34-25-16. Adoption information forwarded by clerk of courts.
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34-25-16.1. New birth certificate upon adoption of child born in state or foreign nation--Exception.
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34-25-16.2. Birth certificate after adoption when birth unrecorded.
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34-25-16.3. Adoption information on child born out-of-state forwarded to state of birth.
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34-25-16.4. Sealing of original birth certificate and adoption information--Opening of sealed materials.
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34-25-16.5. Original birth certificate sealed or forwarded to department after new certificate issued.
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34-25-16.6. Copies of birth certificates.
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34-25-16.7. Determining mother for birth certificate.
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34-25-16.8. New birth certificate for certain crime victims--Sealing.
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34-25-17. 34-25-17. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-18. Medical certificate signed by attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner--Time for execution.
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34-25-18.1. Determination of death.
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34-25-19. 34-25-19, 34-25-20. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-21. Notice of death without attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner--Preparation of medical certificate--Violation as misdemeanor.
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34-25-22. Reference to state's attorney, sheriff, or police of death from other than natural causes.
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34-25-22.1. Blood samples taken in violent or accidental death cases--Transmission to laboratory.
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34-25-23. 34-25-23. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-24. Permit required for disposition of dead body or fetus.
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34-25-24.1. Notice to funeral director--Communicable disease or condition.
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34-25-25. Fact of death record filed by funeral director--Sources of data--Place and time of filing.
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34-25-25.1. Place of filing death certificate when place of death unknown or in moving conveyance required.
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34-25-26. 34-25-26 to 34-25-32. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-32.1. Report required of certain fetal deaths other than abortions.
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34-25-32.2. Fetal death report filed by physician--Coroner to report unattended deaths.
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34-25-32.3. Disposition of remains of embryo or fetus.
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34-25-32.4. Medical facility to provide for disposal of aborted fetuses.
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34-25-32.5. Failure to comply as public nuisance.
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34-25-32.6. Disposition of fetal remains--Method.
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34-25-32.7. Fetal organ, tissue donation--Circumstances--Consent required.
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34-25-32.8. Definitions related to stillbirth.
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34-25-32.9. Notice to parent of means for requesting a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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34-25-32.10. Name of stillborn child on certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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34-25-32.11. Fetal death report to be referenced on certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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34-25-32.12. Form and content of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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34-25-32.13. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth not used to calculate live birth statistics.
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34-25-32.14. Fee for certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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34-25-32.15. Certificate may be requested without regard to filing date of fetal death report.
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34-25-32.16. Certificate may be requested without regard to date of fetal death.
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34-25-33. Burial or removal permit filed by funeral director after final disposition.
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34-25-34. Burial-transit permit issued out-of-state as authority for final disposition.
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34-25-35. 34-25-35. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-36. Records and monthly report of funeral director.
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34-25-37. 34-25-37. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-38. Cemetery to require burial, removal, disinterment, or transit permit--Promulgation of rules.
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34-25-38.1. Issuance of disinterment permit.
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34-25-39. Completion of burial permit when no person in charge of cemetery.
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34-25-40. 34-25-40, 34-25-41. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-42. Delayed registration of birth, death, or marriage--Fee.
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34-25-43. Software, blanks and forms supplied by department--Use of forms or exact electronic replicas required.
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34-25-44. Blank forms supplied by local registrar--Examination of permit for disposition on presentation.
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34-25-45. Legibility of records and certificates--Incomplete or illegible certificates not filed.
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34-25-46. Signing, dating, and numbering of permits for disposition by local registrar.
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34-25-47. 34-25-47 to 34-25-50. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-51. Amendment of vital record--Fee for delayed amendment.
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34-25-52. Copies of certified or informational records supplied by department or local registrars--Application--Time--Fees.
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34-25-52.1. Copies or data supplied to public or private agencies.
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34-25-52.2. Additional fee for copy of birth record--Disposition.
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34-25-52.3. Free birth certificate with head start enrollment form.
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34-25-52.4. Uniform forms and procedures for issuance of copies of records--Rules.
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34-25-52.5. Construction of chapter--Disclosure of specified information on birth, marriage, or divorce certificates--Admissibility.
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34-25-52.6. Disclosure of information in or inspection or copying of vital record--Authorization of chapter or court.
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34-25-52.7. Free birth certificate upon proof of homelessness.
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34-25-53. 34-25-53. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-54. Certified copies supplied free for military or veterans' claims--Minors participating in sports programs.
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34-25-55. 34-25-55, 34-25-56. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-57. Violation of requirements as misdemeanor.
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34-25-57.1. 34-25-57.1. Repealed by SL 1977, ch 190, § 67.
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34-25-57.2. Unintentional issuance of certified copy of vital record fraudulently obtained--Personal liability.
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34-25-58. Enforcement and supervisory powers of department--Investigations by secretary.
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34-25-59. 34-25-59, 34-25-60. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
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34-25-61. Severability of provisions.
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34-25-62. Electronic list of persons married in South Dakota.
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