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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 23 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 06. Criminal Statistics
§23-6-8.1 Destruction of records of certain persons, incidents, and offenses.
SD Codified L § 23-6-8.1 (through 2011) What's This?
23-6-8.1. Destruction of records of certain persons, incidents, and offenses. The director of the Bureau of Criminal Statistics may authorize the destruction of information and records of:
(1) Persons who are dead;
(2) Persons seventy-five years of age or older unless a violation has occurred within the last ten years;
(3) Incidents that are no longer considered crimes under the laws of the State of South Dakota;
(4) Misdemeanor offenses whose final date of disposition occurred at least ten years prior to authorized destruction date.
Source: SL 1979, ch 158, § 7; SL 1984, ch 176.
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