<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 16-18-10 - Attorney not to be surety--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044840Normal { 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.s2044840SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044840CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044840Normal-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.s2044840DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044840000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044840SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044840SCL-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="s2044840Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-18-10"><span class="s2044840SENU">16-18-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044840SENU">. </span><span class="s2044840CL">Attorney not to be surety--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044840Normal-000000"><span class="s2044840DefaultParagraphFont">No practicing attorney and counselor at law shall be a surety in any suit or proceeding which may be instituted in any of the courts of this state. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044840Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044840000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044840Normal"><span class="s2044840SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044840SCL-000002"> SL 1872-3, ch 48, § 1; PolC 1877, ch 18, § 8; CL 1887, § 469; RPolC 1903, § 701; RC 1919, § 5265; Supreme Court Rule 16, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 32.1204; SL 1979, ch 150, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html>