The report when so filed shall be admissible in evidence, in any action or proceeding brought by the director against the person examined, or against its officers, representatives, or insurance producers, of the facts stated therein. The director and the director’s examiners may at any time testify and offer other proper evidence as to information secured during the course of an examination, whether or not a written report of the examination has at that time been either made, served, or filed in the director’s office.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-3-13

  • 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
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 2, § 20 (4); SL 2001, ch 286, § 64.