{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-34-27-18","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 34-27-18","heading":"Opening grave or breaking building with intent to remove body or coffin as misdemeanor.","body":"Every person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent either:\n(1) To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of selling the same or for the purpose of dissection; or\n(2) To steal the coffin, or any part thereof, or anything attached thereto or connected therewith, or the vestments or other articles buried with the same;\nis guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 34. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 34-27. CEMETERIES AND BURIAL RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/34-27-18","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"56c3d6042c13b1154f92228cef944d57a844b3d77fb4483c572df4ca594b1921","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-34-27-17","next":"us-sd/sdcl-34-27-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}