23-5-5. Fingerprints taken on arrest--Comparison with files--Information on previous criminal record.

The attorney general shall compare the description received pursuant to § 23-5-4 with those already on file in the Division of Criminal Investigation and if he finds the person arrested has a criminal record or is a fugitive from justice, he shall at once inform the arresting officer of such fact.

Source: SDC 1939, § 55.1607; SL 1966, ch 161, § 6.