S.D. Codified Laws § 3-2-4
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Bond required of deputies and assistants
Official statutory text
Unless otherwise expressly provided, each officer required to give bond may require a bond from the officer's deputy or assistant in a penal sum not greater than half the penal sum of the officer's own bond. The officer may retain the deputy's or assistant's bond for the officer's own protection.
Source: SL 1872-3, ch 49, § 1; SL 1874-5, ch 27, § 37; PolC 1877, ch 6, § 1; CL 1887, § 1397; SL 1891, ch 108, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1816; RC 1919, § 7045; SDC 1939, § 48.0401; SL 2010, ch 19, § 7.
Source: SL 1872-3, ch 49, § 1; SL 1874-5, ch 27, § 37; PolC 1877, ch 6, § 1; CL 1887, § 1397; SL 1891, ch 108, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1816; RC 1919, § 7045; SDC 1939, § 48.0401; SL 2010, ch 19, § 7.
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