Any person refusing to obey such notice, demand, or subpoena, or to testify when subpoenaed, or to bring evidence required to be brought by said notice, demand, or subpoena, may be certified to the circuit court nearest to the point where the notice, demand, or subpoena requires appearance, and the said circuit court may then enforce compliance to said notice, demand, or subpoena by order, the noncompliance with which shall be treated the same as a contempt of said court.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 37-24-17

  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.

Source: SL 1971, ch 218, § 13.