Section 34-27-20 - Receiving dead body unlawfully removed as misdemeanor

34-27-20. Receiving dead body unlawfully removed as misdemeanor.Every person who purchases or receives, except for the purpose of burial, any dead body of a human being, knowing that the same has been removed contrary to §34-27-19, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: PenC 1877, §359; CL 1887, §6560; RPenC 1903, §364; RC 1919, §3878; SDC 1939, §13.1419; SL 1977, ch 190, §75.