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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 15. Contempt And Offenses Against The Judiciary
§16-15-1 Action or arrest in improper name as misdemeanor.
SD Codified L § 16-15-1 (through 2011) What's This?
16-15-1. Action or arrest in improper name as misdemeanor. Every person who maliciously institutes or prosecutes any action or legal proceeding, or makes or procures any arrest, in the name of a person who does not exist, or has not consented that it be instituted or made, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: PenC 1877, § 220; CL 1887, § 6420; RPenC 1903, § 224; RC 1919, § 3810; SDC 1939, § 13.1205; SL 1979, ch 150, § 5.
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