The personal property to be delivered according to the terms of a prearranged funeral trust contract includes such things as: grave liners, vaults, transportation containers, grave markers, cremation urns or vaults, grave ornamentation, flowers, statuary, floral arrangements, caskets, clothing, memorial items, guest books and other personal property incidental to a funeral or burial service. Professional services to be provided according to the terms of a prearranged funeral trust contract are the embalming of the deceased person‘s body or the conduct of a funeral service for hire and any other professional services associated with the disposition, storage, preparation or burial of a deceased person’s body.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 55-11-1.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Source: SL 1986, ch 408, § 7.