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2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 19 - EVIDENCE
Chapter 19 - South Dakota Rules of Evidence
§ 19-19-802 Rule against hearsay.

SD Codified L § 19-19-802 (2016) What's This?

19-19-802. Rule against hearsay. Hearsay is not admissible unless any of the following provide otherwise:

(1) A statute;

(2) These rules; or

(3) Other rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.
Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 802); SDCL ยง 19-16-4; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-56), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.

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