<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-27-40.2 - Costs, disbursements, and civil penalty for unreasonable, bad faith denial of access. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2031615Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2031615SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031615CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2031615Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2031615DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031615000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031615SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031615SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2031615Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-27-40.2"><span class="s2031615SENU">1-27-40.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031615SENU">. </span><span class="s2031615CL">Costs, disbursements, and civil penalty for unreasonable, bad faith denial of access.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031615Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031615DefaultParagraphFont">In a civil action filed pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-27-38"><span class="s2031615DefaultParagraphFont">1-27-38</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031615DefaultParagraphFont"> or upon an appeal filed pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-27-41"><span class="s2031615DefaultParagraphFont">1-27-41</span></a><span class="s2031615DefaultParagraphFont">, if the court determines that the public entity acted unreasonably and in bad faith the court may award costs, disbursements, and a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars for each day that the record or records were delayed through the fault of the public entity. Any civil penalty collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the state general fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031615Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031615000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031615Normal"><span class="s2031615SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031615SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 11, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>