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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 24 PENAL INSTITUTIONS, PROBATION AND PAROLE
Chapter 05. Discharge Of Inmates From Penitentiary
§24-5-5 Funds in inmate's institutional accounts upon discharge, death, or escape--Application--Refund.
SD Codified L § 24-5-5 (through 2011) What's This?
24-5-5. Funds in inmate's institutional accounts upon discharge, death, or escape--Application--Refund. If any inmate of the penitentiary dies, is discharged, or escapes, leaving at the penitentiary funds in the inmate's institutional account or other tangible personal property of value, the warden shall apply these funds towards the inmate's obligations as provided for in § 24-2-29. At the warden's discretion, tangible personal property of value may be sold, donated to charity, discarded, returned to an heir, or used for the benefit of the penitentiary. If the funds exceed the inmate's obligations as provided for in § 24-2-29, the excess balance shall be given back to the inmate or an heir of the inmate. Otherwise, the excess balance shall be deposited in the state general fund.
Source: SL 1987, ch 184, § 1; SL 2004, ch 169, § 1.
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