South Dakota legal term
Process in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Process” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the South Dakota criminal code.
What does “Process” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(34) "Process," any writ, warrant, summons, or order issued in the course of judicial proceedings; (35) "Property," anything of value, including motor vehicles, real estate, tangible and intangible personal property, contract rights, choses-in-action, and other interests in or claims to wealth, admission or transportation tickets, captured or domestic animals, food and drink, electric or other power, services, and signatures which purport to create, maintain, or extinguish any legal obligation; (36) "Property of another," property in which any person other than the actor has an interest upon w (SDCL § 22-1-2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Harassment by threat of fraudulent legal proceedings or liens prohibited
- Arrest or seizure of property without process
- Delivery of drug paraphernalia as felony
- Industrial hemp
- Obstructing officer in charge of personal property
- Resisting execution or service of process
- Tampering with a witness
- Use or possession of drug paraphernalia as misdemeanor
- Uttering simulated process
Related terms in the same statutes
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