<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 16-18-26 - Misconduct by attorney as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044858Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2044858SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044858CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044858Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2044858DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044858Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2044858000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044858SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044858SCL-000003 { 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="s2044858Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-18-26"><span class="s2044858SENU">16-18-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044858SENU">. </span><span class="s2044858CL">Misconduct by attorney as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal-000000"><span class="s2044858DefaultParagraphFont">Every attorney at law who:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal-000001"><span class="s2044858DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Practices any deceit or collusion, or consents to the same with intent to deceive the court or any party;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal-000001"><span class="s2044858DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Intentionally delays his client's suit with a view to his own gain;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal-000001"><span class="s2044858DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Intentionally receives any money or allowance for or on account of any money which he has not paid or become answerable for;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal-000001"><span class="s2044858DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Makes a subsequent application to a different judge to stay the same trial of any criminal prosecution with knowledge that application for such stay has been made and denied without leave reserved to renew it, before a judge authorized to grant it; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044858DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Knowingly permits any person not his general law partner or a clerk in his office to sue out any process or to prosecute or defend any action in his name; </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal"><span class="s2044858DefaultParagraphFont">is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044858000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044858Normal"><span class="s2044858SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044858SCL-000003"> PenC 1877, §§ 203, 210, 211; CL 1887, §§ 6403, 6410, 6411; RPenC 1903, §§ 206, 213, 214; RC 1919, §§ 3794, 3800, 3801; SDC 1939, § 13.1249; SL 1979, ch 150, § 19.</span></p></div></body></html>