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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 21 - JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Chapter 5 - WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS
Section 21-5-5 - Relatives for whose benefit action brought-Personal representative to bring action

S.D. Codified Laws § 21-5-5

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Section 21-5-5 - Relatives for whose benefit action brought-Personal representative to bring action

Every action for wrongful death shall be for the exclusive benefit of the wife or husband and children, or if there be neither of them, then of the parents and next of kin of the person whose death shall be so caused; and it shall be brought in the name of the personal representative of the deceased person.

SDCL 21-5-5

SL 1909, ch 301, § 3; RC 1919, § 2931; SDC 1939, § 37.2203; SL 1947, ch 173; SL 1951, ch 193; SL 1957, ch 194; SL 1963, ch 235; SL 1967, ch 149; SL 1995, ch 167, § 188.