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State Unemployment Benefits in South Dakota: when someone dies

A 3-step process for South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation — Reemployment Assistance Division after a death in South Dakota.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Unemployment

South Dakota

dlr.sd.gov/ra/default.aspx→

Administering agency

South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation — Reemployment Assistance Division

Phone605-626-2452
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

SDCL 61-6-1 (weekly eligibility); SDCL 61-6-41 (overpayments)

Verified Jul 2026

Steps to take

  1. Call DLR Reemployment Assistance Customer Service at 605-626-2452 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Central Time) to report the claimant's death.
  2. Ask DLR whether a payment is owed for any week the claimant certified before death, what documentation DLR requires, and who may receive it — the agency publishes no standard form or document list for this.
  3. Expect DLR to treat any amount paid to which the claimant was not entitled as an overpayment subject to repayment (SDCL 61-6-41).

South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation — Reemployment Assistance Division

Phone: 605-626-2452

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

South Dakota pays Reemployment Assistance week by week, and only for a week in which the claimant made a claim and was able to work and available for work (SDCL 61-6-1). Weeks after the date of death cannot be certified, so no benefits accrue for them, and an amount paid to which the claimant was not entitled is an overpayment the department may require to be repaid (SDCL 61-6-41). Neither SDCL chapter 61-6 nor DLR sets out a procedure for paying a deceased claimant's final benefit to a survivor or estate — call 605-626-2452 to ask whether anything is owed for weeks before the death.

Call the Reemployment Assistance Customer Service line at 605-626-2452 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Central Time). DLR does not publish an online form or dedicated web page for death reporting; the phone line handles survivor and estate inquiries, including any payment owed for weeks of eligibility before the death.

SimplyTrustSimplyTrust Editorial·Updated July 14, 2026

Sources

  • dlr.sd.gov
  • sdlegislature.gov

Data sourced from State Unemployment Benefits in South Dakota primary sources (5 pages reviewed). How we research.

Unemployment

South Dakota

dlr.sd.gov/ra/default.aspx→

Administering agency

South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation — Reemployment Assistance Division

Phone605-626-2452
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

SDCL 61-6-1 (weekly eligibility); SDCL 61-6-41 (overpayments)

Verified Jul 2026
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