S.D. Codified Laws § 62-4-17

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Section 62-4-17 - Installment payment of death benefits

The compensation, except for additional benefits for children under eighteen years of age, provided for in §§ 62-4-12 to 62-4-15, inclusive, to be paid in case injury results in death, shall be paid in installments equal to two-thirds of the average earnings, at the same intervals at which the wages or earnings of the employee were paid, at which time the additional benefits for children under eighteen years of age shall also be paid. However, if this is not feasible, then the installments shall be paid weekly.

SDCL 62-4-17

SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (5); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (4); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (5) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1947, ch 424, § 1; SL 1959, ch 456, § 2; SL 1980, ch 365, § 4; SL 2008, ch 278, §20.