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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 23A CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 39. (Rule 43) Presence Of The Defendant
§23A-39-4 Bench warrant for defendant failing to appear after release on bail--Costs assessed against defendant.
SD Codified L § 23A-39-4 (through 2011) What's This?
23A-39-4. Bench warrant for defendant failing to appear after release on bail--Costs assessed against defendant. If the defendant has been released on bail in accordance with any provision of chapter 23A-43 and does not appear when so ordered by the court, the court, in addition to the forfeiture of bail, may direct the clerk of the court to issue a bench warrant for his arrest. The clerk, on application of the prosecuting attorney, may, at any time after the order, whether the court be sitting or not, issue a bench warrant, and may assess costs of such issuance against the defendant in the sum of ten dollars.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.3702; SDCL, § 23-48-8; SL 1978, ch 178, § 488; SL 1987, ch 181, § 1.
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