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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 21 - Judicial Remedies
Chapter 27 - Habeas Corpus
Section 21-27-11 - Transfer or concealment of applicant to avoid writ as felony.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 21-27-11 (2021)
21-27-11. Transfer or concealment of applicant to avoid writ as felony.
Anyone having a person in his custody or under his restraint, power, or control for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus is issued who, with intent to avoid the effect of such writ, shall transfer such person to the custody, or place him or her under the control of another, or shall conceal him or her, or change the place of his or her confinement, with intent to avoid the operation of such writ, or with intent to remove him or her out of this state, is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
Source: CCrimP 1877, §683; CL 1887, §7851; RCCrimP 1903, §783; RC 1919, §4987; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.9905; SL 1979, ch 150, §26.
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