<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 16-15-15 - Acceptance of gift from party to action as misdemeanor--Inheritance excepted. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044751Normal { 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.s2044751SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044751CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044751Normal-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.s2044751DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044751000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044751SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044751SCL-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="s2044751Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-15-15"><span class="s2044751SENU">16-15-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044751SENU">. </span><span class="s2044751CL">Acceptance of gift from party to action as misdemeanor--Inheritance excepted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044751Normal-000000"><span class="s2044751DefaultParagraphFont">Every judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, or umpire, who accepts any gift from any person, knowing him to be a party in interest, or the attorney or counsel of any party in interest to any action or proceeding then pending or about to be brought before him, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The word "gift" as used herein shall not be taken to include property received by inheritance, by will, or by gift in view of death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044751Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044751000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044751Normal"><span class="s2044751SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044751SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, §§ 130, 131; CL 1887, §§ 6330, 6331; RPenC 1903, §§ 136, 137; RC 1919, §§ 3718, 3719; SDC 1939, § 13.1204; SL 1979, ch 150, § 13.</span></p></div></body></html>