The department may appoint suitable and competent inspectors to aid the department in making inspections of scales under its jurisdiction.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 37-22-5

  • 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: SDC 1939, § 63.0302; SL 1945, ch 350; SL 2002, ch 184, § 1; SL 2004, ch 17, § 265; SL 2006, ch 187, § 25; SL 2016, ch 183, § 45.