When a resident of the State Veterans Home dies without legal dependents, the resident’s property must be distributed to the State Veterans Home as sole heir for the sole use and benefit of the home. The resident may, by will, dispose of the resident’s estate subject to the preferred claim provided in §§ 33A-4-17 to 33A-4-20, inclusive. A spouse residing at the home is considered as a legal dependent for the purpose of this section.

Source: SDC 1939, § 41.0215 as added by SL 1959, ch 242, § 6; SL 1961, ch 206, § 2; SL 1965, ch 173; SL 1967, ch 176; SL 1970, ch 191, § 5; SL 2007, ch 187, § 214; § 33-18-13; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2023, ch 111, § 17.