Section 25-12-50 - Disposition of remains(A) If a coroner or a manager of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary ascertains the cremated remains in its possession are those of a veteran, and they have not been instructed by the person in control of the disposition of the decedent's remains to arrange for the final disposal or delivery of the cremated remains, the coroner or the manager of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary shall dispose of the cremated remains in the manner provided in this chapter or relinquish possession of the cremated remains to a veterans' service organization.(B) The disposition of the cremated remains must be made in a national cemetery, a state or local veterans' cemetery, a section of a cemetery corporation where veterans are memorialized by a veteran's marker, a veterans' section of a cemetery corporation, or a veterans' cemetery if the deceased veteran is eligible for interment in such a manner.Amended by 2024 S.C. Acts, Act No. 142 (HB 4376),s 3, eff. 5/13/2024.Amended by 2014 S.C. Acts, Act No. 160 (SB 842), s 1, eff. 4/14/2014.Added by 2012 S.C. Acts, Act No. 166 (HB 3921), s 1, eff. 5/14/2012.