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SDCL § 23A-43-20 — (Rule 46(d)) Justification by sureties--Findings as to financial responsibility--Attorney not to be surety

Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)

Part of Chapter 43: Bail, South Dakota Codified Laws.

Full text of SDCL § 23A-43-20

Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.

SDCL § 23A-43-20Primary source, current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Every surety, except a corporate surety authorized by chapter 58-21, shall justify by affidavit and may be required to describe in the affidavit the property by which he proposes to justify and the encumbrances on it, the number and amount of other bonds and undertakings for bail entered into by him and remaining undischarged and all his other liabilities. No bond shall be approved unless the surety or sureties, in the opinion of the judge, or magistrate authorized to admit to bail, are financially responsible in at least the amount of the bond. No practicing attorney shall be a surety on any bond.

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