S.D. Codified Laws § 61-3-9
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Disobedience of departmental subpoena--Misdemeanor--Separate offenses
Official statutory text
Any person who without just cause fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records, if it is in the person's power to do so, in obedience to a subpoena issued pursuant to the provisions of § 61-3-7 is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 11 (i); SDC 1939, § 17.9904; SL 1976, ch 158, § 43-6 ; SL 2008, ch 277, § 54.
Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 11 (i); SDC 1939, § 17.9904; SL 1976, ch 158, § 43-6 ; SL 2008, ch 277, § 54.
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