2011 South Dakota Code
Title 19 EVIDENCE
Chapter 13. Privileges
§19-13-3 (Rule 502(b)) Client's privilege on confidential communications with lawyer.
19-13-3. (Rule 502(b)) Client's privilege on confidential communications with lawyer. A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services to the client:
(1) Between himself or his representative and his lawyer or his lawyer's representative;
(2) Between his lawyer and the lawyer's representative;
(3) By him or his representative or his lawyer or a representative of the lawyer to a lawyer or a representative of a lawyer representing another party in a pending action and concerning a matter of common interest therein;
(4) Between representatives of the client or between the client and a representative of the client; or
(5) Among lawyers and their representatives representing the same client.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 499, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 5313, subdiv 1; RCCivP 1903, § 538, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 2730 (1); SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0101 (4); SDCL, § 19-2-4; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 502 (b).
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