2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 19 - EVIDENCE
Chapter 05 - Subpoena And Attendance Of Witnesses
§ 19-5-9 Seal and contents of attachment and commitment order for witness--Direction andexecution of order.
19-5-9. Seal and contents of attachment and commitment order for witness--Direction and execution of order. Every attachment for the arrest or order of commitment to prison of a witness, by a court or officer, pursuant to this chapter, must be under the seal of the court or officer, if he have an official seal, and must specify particularly the cause of the arrest or commitment; and if the commitment be for refusing to answer a question, such question must be stated in the order. Such order of commitment may be directed to the sheriff, coroner, or any constable of the county where such witness resides or may be at the time, and shall be executed by committing him to the jail of such county, and delivering a copy of the order to the jailer.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 457; CL 1887, § 5271; RCCivP 1903, § 497; RC 1919, § 2744; Supreme Court Rule 508, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0307.
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