(A) If a coroner or a manager of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary ascertains the cremated remains in its possession are those of a veteran, and they have not been instructed by the person in control of the disposition of the decedent‘s remains to arrange for the final disposal or delivery of the cremated remains, the coroner or the manager of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary may dispose of the cremated remains in the manner provided in this chapter or relinquish possession of the cremated remains to a veterans’ service organization.

(B) The disposition of the cremated remains must be made in a national cemetery, a state or local veterans’ cemetery, a section of a cemetery corporation where veterans are memorialized by a veteran’s marker, a veterans’ section of a cemetery corporation, or a veterans’ cemetery if the deceased veteran is eligible for interment in such a manner.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 25-12-50

  • Coroner: means the person defined in § 17-5-5(3). See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Disposition: means disposal of cremated remains by placement in a tomb, mausoleum, crypt, columbarium, or by burial in a cemetery. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
  • mortuary: means as defined in § 40-19-20. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
  • National cemetery: means a cemetery under the control of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
  • Veteran: means a person who has:

    (a) served on active duty in the uniformed military services of the United States;

    (b) served on active duty in the National Guard or any organized state militia; or

    (c) served in the reserve components of the uniformed military services of the United States on active duty; and

    (d) was released from this service other than by dishonorable discharge. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
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