2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 40 - (Rule 44) Counsel For Indigent Defendant
Section 23A-40-8 - Compensation of assigned counsel.

23A-40-8. Compensation of assigned counsel.

Counsel assigned pursuant to §23A-40-6 and subdivision 23A-40-7(2) shall, after the disposition of the cause, be paid by the county in which the action is brought, or, in case of a parole revocation, by the county from which the inmate was sentenced, a reasonable and just compensation for his services and for necessary expenses and costs incident to the proceedings in an amount to be fixed by a judge of the circuit court or a magistrate judge within guidelines established by the presiding judge of the circuit court.

Source: SDC 1939, §34.1901; SL 1957, ch 182; SDCL, §§23-2-2, 23-2-3; SL 1968, ch 147; SL 1969, ch 155; SL 1978, ch 178, §493; SDCL Supp, §23A-40-4; SL 1979, ch 159, §34; SL 1983, ch 191, §1.

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