The local registrar of vital records shall provide and maintain for all burials within his district a cardindex file, alphabetical by name of deceased and under cemetery name, such cardindex record to be maintained on 3×5 cards, each bearing the following information: name of cemetery, burial or removal permit number, name of deceased person, date of death, date of burial, veteran or nonveteran, location of burial by cemetery section number, block, lot, and grave number, date of filing, and book and page number wherein such permit is recorded. The registrar in maintaining such cardindex record, shall use a white or buff colored card for the recording of each nonveteran and a blue or cherry colored card for recording each veteran’s burial, for ready reference.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-27-11

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0217 as added by SL 1941, ch 124, § 6; SL 1945, ch 105.