South Dakota Codified Laws 33-10-93. Malfeasance of sheriff or marshal
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Refusal or neglect by the sheriff or marshal to execute any warrant required in § 33-10-91 or to return and pay all the money collected as fines subjects the offending sheriff or marshal to double the amount of such fines and penalties. The conversion to personal use of moneys so collected by any sheriff or marshal is theft and shall be prosecuted as such in any court of the state having jurisdiction in such cases.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 33-10-93
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Source: SL 2012, ch 175, § 74.