If the attorney general has reason to believe that a perpetual care cemetery is not using the money in the earnings fund for the purposes listed in § 55-12-8.1, the attorney general may investigate the use of the money in the earnings fund. The attorney general may execute in writing and may issue a subpoena upon any person who is believed to have information, documentary material, or physical evidence relevant to an alleged misuse of the money in the earnings fund. The subpoena shall require the person to furnish, under oath or otherwise, a report in writing setting forth the relevant facts and circumstances of which the person has knowledge, or to appear and testify, or to produce relevant documentary material or physical evidence for examination, at a reasonable time and place as stated in the subpoena.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 55-12-19

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.

Source: SL 2019, ch 210, § 2.

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