SDCL § 29A-5-510: State as conservator of protected person--Distribution of assets upon death.

Notwithstanding any other statutory provision to the contrary, if the State of South Dakota is the conservator of a protected person and if the assets of the conservatorship are less than two thousand dollars, upon the death of the protected person, the conservator may elect to provide notice pursuant to § 29A-5-410 and obtain court approval to pay the debts and distribute the assets of the protected person to the heirs and devisees of the protected person pursuant to chapter 29A-2.

Source: SL 2010, ch 144, § 1.