§ 47-29-1 Cemetery corporations authorized–Nonprofit corporation law as applicable
§ 47-29-2 Permissible bylaw provisions–General management–Conformity with othercorporation law
§ 47-29-3 Cemetery lot owners as members of corporation–Vote–Jointly owned lots–Proxyvoting
§ 47-29-4 Quorum of members–Proxies counted
§ 47-29-5 Notice of election of directors–Publication of notice–Time of publication–Noticeof other meetings
§ 47-29-6 Directors required to be members
§ 47-29-7 Grounds previously used for burial–Lot owners as members of corporation
§ 47-29-8 Transfer of lot to individual owner for burial–Succession to ownership of lot–Jointowners
§ 47-29-9 Failure to inter or care for lot or mausoleum–Resale of lot–Transfer of mausoleumto municipality–Notice required
§ 47-29-10 Other laws applicable to nonperpetual care cemeteries
§ 47-29-11 Power of corporation to hold real estate–Maximum holdings–Platting and sale oflots
§ 47-29-12 Additional holdings of real property–Sale of additional holdings
§ 47-29-13 Surveying and platting of cemetery grounds–Recordation–Lot numbering
§ 47-29-14 Sale of unplatted and unused ground
§ 47-29-15 Sale of platted but unused, unsold and unneeded ground–Determination bygoverning body of corporation–Confirmation
§ 47-29-16 Circuit court petition for confirmation–Contents of petition–Hearing–Notice ofhearing–Method of notice–Including multiple tracts in petition
§ 47-29-17 Order granting or denying petition–Order as conclusive absent appeal
§ 47-29-18 Judgment as vacating plat or survey–Replatting
§ 47-29-19 Extension of cemetery boundaries–Purchase of lands–Condemnation of lands–Condemnation laws applicable
§ 47-29-20 Improvements on cemetery lands–Prohibited uses
§ 47-29-21 Authorization to hold personal property
§ 47-29-22 Authorization to establish perpetual fund–Donations–Election of trustees–Bond andaccounting of trustees
§ 47-29-23 Distribution of proceeds from sale of cemetery lots–Use in care of cemetery–Expenses–Profit prohibited
§ 47-29-24 Percentage of proceeds used to pay debts
§ 47-29-25 Cemetery property as exempt from taxation and local assessments–Appropriation forstate highway purposes of unused lands
§ 47-29-26 Validation of previous cemetery lot deeds
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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 47 > Chapter 29 - Cemetery Corporations

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  • 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.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
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  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2