South Dakota Codified Laws 58-33-100. Confidentiality of notifications–Use of information in legal and regulatory actions
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Any notification made pursuant to § 58-33-98 is confidential and privileged from disclosure in response to a subpoena or otherwise, and is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private action. Nothing in §§ 58-33-93 to 58-33-116, inclusive, limits the director’s authority to use a report filed or information provided pursuant to §§ 58-33-93 to 58-33-116, inclusive, in the furtherance of any legal or regulatory action that the director, in the director’s sole discretion, determines to be necessary to further the purposes of §§ 58-33-93 to 58-33-116, inclusive.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-33-100
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- 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.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Source: SL 2007, ch 292, § 8.