There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 22 CRIMES
Chapter 12. Abuse Of Judicial Process
§22-12-15 Delay in taking arrested person before magistrate--Misdemeanor.
SD Codified L § 22-12-15 (through 2011) What's This?
22-12-15. Delay in taking arrested person before magistrate--Misdemeanor. Any law enforcement officer or other person, who, having arrested a person on a criminal charge, intentionally delays taking that person before a committing magistrate for further proceedings, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1220; SDCL, § 23-22-21; SL 1978, ch 185, § 7; SL 2005, ch 120, § 242.
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