The clothing, arms, military outfits, accouterments, and stores furnished by the State of South Dakota or the United States to the National Guard may not be sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged, or given away, and the possession of any such property by any person not a member of the National Guard is prima facie evidence of such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, or theft. The property may be seized and taken from any person not authorized to keep the property by any soldier, officer, civil or military, of the state. The property shall then be delivered to any officer of the state authorized to receive the property.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 33-12-17

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1887, ch 100, § 67; CL 1887, § 1983; SL 1903, ch 185, § 74; SL 1911, ch 193, § 2; SL 1917, ch 297, § 75; RC 1919, § 10635; SDC 1939, § 41.0183; SL 2007, ch 187, § 122.