South Dakota statute
SDCL § 23A-49-22 — Seized property--Searchable website or spreadsheet
Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Part of Chapter 49: Civil Forfeiture For Crime, South Dakota Codified Laws.
Full text of SDCL § 23A-49-22
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.
The attorney general shall establish and maintain a searchable public website or electronic spreadsheet that includes the following information about each property seized and forfeited:
(1) Name of the law enforcement agency that seized the property or, if seized by a multijurisdictional state task force, the name of the lead state agency;
(2) Forfeiture case file number;
(3) County;
(4) Arresting agency;
(5) Seizure date;
(6) Location of the seizure, whether a residence, business, event, or traffic stop;
(7) If a traffic stop on an interstate, the direction of the traffic flow, whether eastbound, westbound, southbound or northbound;
(8) Type and amount of controlled substance;
(9) Original criminal charge;
(10) Final criminal charge;
(11) Date of summons and complaint filed;
(12) Date of summons and complaint served or last date of publication;
(13) Whether the defendant or property owner defaulted on the forfeiture complaint, and if no default occurred, the date of civil answer filed by the defendant or property owner;
(14) Whether an innocent-owner claimant or creditor moved to regain the property;
(15) Date of default civil judgment;
(16) Date of summary judgment;
(17) Date of civil dismissal;
(18) Date of order of civil forfeiture;
(19) Dollar amount of seized currency;
(20) Description of seized property, other than currency, including make, model, and year;
(21) Estimated value of seized property other than currency;
(22) Date of case completion;
(23) Dollar amount of forfeited currency after case completion;
(24) Description of forfeited property, other than currency, after case completion;
(25) Estimated value of forfeited property, other than currency, after case completion;
(26) Whether the property was returned to the defendant or property owner, returned to the innocent-owner claimant or creditor, bought back, sold, destroyed, retained or disbursed to law enforcement agency, or pending disposition; and
(27) Case comments.
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