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South Dakota Statutes, Title 23

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Title 23, LAW ENFORCEMENT

71 chapters · 382 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 23382 Ch 3, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES84 Ch 7, FIREARMS CONTROL57 Ch 24, EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS39 Ch 5A, DNA SAMPLES34 Ch 24A, INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS34 Ch 1A, PETTY OFFENSE PROCEDURE24 Ch 14, CORONER'S INQUESTS21 Ch 6, CRIMINAL STATISTICS19 Ch 5B, DNA TESTING OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF …17 Ch 5, CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION13 Ch 24B, EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVE INDIANS12 Ch 13, PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES11 Ch 26A, RENDITION OF ACCUSED PERSONS10 Ch 5C, SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS FOR TESTING4

11 sections·Filtered byTitle 23✕Ch 13✕

SDCL § 23-13-1 Prevention of offenses by officers of justice--Methods
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Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice: (1) By requiring security to keep the peace; (2) By forming a police in municipalities, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places; (3) By suppressing riots. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § …
SDCL § 23-13-10 Report to sheriff of gunshot wounds treated
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Any person treating any bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn, or any other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of any firearm, shall report such treatment to the sheriff of the county in which the wound is treated. Source: SL 1967, ch 111 , § 1; SL 1978, ch 169 , §…
SDCL § 23-13-11 Oral report of gunshot wound as soon as possible
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The report shall be made orally as soon as possible by any available means, to the sheriff of the county in which the wound is examined, dressed, or otherwise treated. Source: SL 1967, ch 111 , § 2; SL 1978, ch 169 , § 5.
SDCL § 23-13-12 Immunity from liability for report
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Any person making a report pursuant to §§ 23-13-10 and 23-13-11 shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed, and shall have the same immunity when participating in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report. Sourc…

SDCL § 23-13-13 Claim of confidential relation privilege prohibited

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Any confidential relation privilege set forth in subdivisions 19-19-503(b) and 19-19-504(b) may not be claimed in any judicial proceeding relating to a report concerning an injury from a firearm made pursuant to §§ 23-13-10 and 23-13-11 . Source: SL 1967, ch 111 , § 4; SL 1978, c…

SDCL § 23-13-14 Failure to report bullet wound--Misdemeanor

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Any person described in § 23-13-10 who knowingly fails to make the reports required by §§ 23-13-10 and 23-13-11 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 111 , § 5; SL 1978, ch 169 , § 8.

SDCL § 23-13-2 Prevention of offenses by officers of justice--Assistance by other persons

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When the officers of justice are authorized to act in the prevention of public offenses, other persons, who by their command act in their aid, are justified in so doing. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.0102.

SDCL § 23-13-4 Enforcement of gambling laws--Duties of public officers

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It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, police officers, town marshals, constables, and other peace officers and the state's attorneys in each county and the deputies or assistants of any of them to cooperate in the enforcement of all the provisions of chapter 22-25 . Source: SDC 1…

SDCL § 23-13-5 Neglect of gambling investigation and enforcement--Investigation and prosecution by attorney general

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The attorney general shall have authority and it shall be his duty whenever any peace officer or state's attorney of any county has neglected the investigation and enforcement of chapter 22-25 , to make the investigations and complaints and conduct the prosecutions the same as th…

SDCL § 23-13-6 Neglect of gambling investigation and enforcement as petty offense

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Any public official referred to in §§ 23-13-4 and 23-13-5 who has knowledge sufficient to put an ordinary person on inquiry as to existence of any forms of gambling nuisance prohibited by this code and who fails thereafter diligently to secure and prepare the available evidence a…

SDCL § 23-13-7 Transcription and filing of testimony taken by prosecuting attorney

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A prosecuting attorney may, whenever necessary in his investigations, have the testimony taken by him written out in questions and answers and filed with the papers in the case. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.1505; SL 1978, ch 169 , § 3.