25.570.13 100th Legislative Session 72
2025 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 72
ENROLLED
AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 23-14-9.2 be AMENDED:
23-14-9.2. A physician or surgeon appointed under § 23-14-9.1, or the coroner if
the coroner is a physician or surgeon providing services pursuant to § 23-14-9.1, shall
receive a reasonable fee for services rendered, as approved by the board of county
commissioners. The board shall pay the fee out of the general fund of the county.
The decedent's county of residence must reimburse the county in which the
autopsy occurred for the cost of the autopsy if:
(1) The death occurred in a county other than the decedent's county of residence; and
(2) The county of residence requested the autopsy or is the site where the accident or
injury leading to the death occurred.
If a perpetrator of a crime dies during the commission of the crime, or the
perpetrator commits suicide subsequent to the commission of the crime, the county that
paid for the autopsy may recover the cost of the autopsy and any other related expenses
from the perpetrator's estate. 25.570.13 2 72
SB72 ENROLLED
An Act to revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances.
I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:
Senate as Bill No. 72
Secretary of the Senate
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
Senate Bill No. 72
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,
2025 at ____________M.
By
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2025
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2025
at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By
Asst. Secretary of State