2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 7 - COUNTIES
Chapter 12 - Sheriff
§ 7-12-15 Sheriff's salary schedule.

7-12-15. (Text of section effective until January 1, 2014) Sheriff's salary schedule. The board of county commissioners shall establish, by resolution, the salary payable to the sheriff. The salary payable may not be less than the following schedule based upon the most recent decennial federal census of population of counties.

County Population	Salary Schedule
Below 10,000	$35,700
10,000-14,999	$38,700
15,000-24,999	$39,900
25,000-69,999	$44,700
70,000 and over	$48,600

The board of county commissioners may not decrease the salary of the sheriff during consecutive terms of office of the sheriff. Any sheriff having responsibility for managing a full-time jail shall receive an additional ten percent added to the base salary listed in this section.

(Text of section effective January 1, 2014) The board of county commissioners shall establish, by resolution, the salary payable to the sheriff. The salary payable may not be less than the following schedule based upon the most recent decennial federal census of population of counties.

County Population	Salary Schedule
Below 10,000	$38,378
10,000-14,999	$41,603
15,000-24,999	$42,893
25,000-69,999	$48,053
70,000 and over	$52,245

The board of county commissioners may not decrease the salary of the sheriff during consecutive terms of office of the sheriff. Any sheriff having responsibility for managing a full-time jail shall receive an additional ten percent added to the base salary listed in this section.

(Text of section effective January 1, 2015) The board of county commissioners shall establish, by resolution, the salary payable to the sheriff. The salary payable may not be less than the following schedule based upon the most recent decennial federal census of population of counties.

County Population	Salary Schedule
Below 10,000	$41,256
10,000-14,999	$44,723
15,000-24,999	$46,110
25,000-69,999	$51,657
70,000 and over	$56,163

The board of county commissioners may not decrease the salary of the sheriff during consecutive terms of office of the sheriff. Any sheriff having responsibility for managing a full-time jail shall receive an additional ten percent added to the base salary listed in this section.

Source: SDC 1939, § 12.1011; SL 1947, ch 36; SL 1951, ch 23, § 2; SL 1957, ch 21; SL 1959, ch 28; SL 1963, ch 40, § 6; SL 1966, ch 23, § 1; SL 1968, ch 13; SL 1969, ch 22; SL 1972, ch 44, § 1; SL 1974, ch 62; SL 1975, ch 77, § 1; SL 1977, ch 59, § 3; SL 1978, ch 53, § 5; SL 1979, ch 41, § 1; SL 1980, ch 53, § 3; SL 1981, ch 52; SL 1982, ch 61, § 1; SL 1983, ch 39, § 3; SL 1984, ch 44, § 3; SL 1985, ch 46, § 3; SL 1986, ch 63, § 3A; SL 1988, ch 70, § 1; SL 1991, ch 57, § 1; SL 2002, ch 42, §§ 1, 3; SL 2007, ch 37, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; SL 2007, ch 37, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; SL 2013, ch 31, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; SL 2013, ch 31, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.