SDCL § 34-27-11: Card-index records of burials maintained by local registrar--Contents.

The local registrar of vital records shall provide and maintain for all burials within his district a card-index file, alphabetical by name of deceased and under cemetery name, such card-index record to be maintained on 3x5 cards, each bearing the following information: name of cemetery, burial or removal permit number, name of deceased person, date of death, date of burial, veteran or nonveteran, location of burial by cemetery section number, block, lot, and grave number, date of filing, and book and page number wherein such permit is recorded. The registrar in maintaining such card-index record, shall use a white or buff colored card for the recording of each nonveteran and a blue or cherry colored card for recording each veteran's burial, for ready reference.