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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 19 EVIDENCE
Chapter 13. Privileges
§19-13-1 (Rule 501) Privileges against giving evidence restricted.
SD Codified L § 19-13-1 (through 2011) What's This?
19-13-1. (Rule 501) Privileges against giving evidence restricted. Except as otherwise provided by Constitution or statute or by chapters 19-9 to 19-18, inclusive, or by other rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of this state, no person has a privilege to:
(1) Refuse to be a witness;
(2) Refuse to disclose any matter;
(3) Refuse to produce any object or writing; or
(4) Prevent another from being a witness or disclosing any matter or producing any object or writing.
Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 501.
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