No charge may be made for certified copies of birth, death, marriage, adoption, divorce, or guardianship or conservatorship papers, to a serviceman in or a veteran of any war or conflict in which the United States has been or hereafter will be engaged, or veteran as defined by § 33A-2-1; to the spouse, widow, widower, children, or other dependents of such serviceman or veteran; to the South Dakota Department of the Military or Department of Veterans Affairs or a similar agency in any other state; to county veterans’ service officers; to the representatives of the American Red Cross or of nationally chartered veterans’ organizations holding power of attorney for the applicant, when such record or records are required in support of any claim against any agency of the United States, or any agency or department of state government, and no charge may be made for the issuance of a certified copy of a birth record, limited to one, to a person under eighteen years of age who needs such certificate to participate in an organized sports program sponsored by a patriotic organization.

Source: SL 1931, ch 267, § 20; SL 1937, ch 261; SDC 1939, § 27.0220; SL 1943, ch 101; SL 1945, ch 103, § 4; SL 1953, ch 124, § 2; SL 1959, ch 29, § 2; SL 1968, ch 115; SL 1986, ch 27, § 35; SL 1993, ch 213, § 229; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §§ 18 to 21, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.