<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 23A-16-9 - Venue of offense on or near county boundary. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048602Normal { 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.s2048602SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048602CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048602Normal-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.s2048602DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048602000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048602SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048602SCL-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="s2048602Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-16-9"><span class="s2048602SENU">23A-16-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048602SENU">. </span><span class="s2048602CL">Venue of offense on or near county boundary.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048602Normal-000000"><span class="s2048602DefaultParagraphFont">When a public offense is committed on the boundary of two or more counties, or within five hundred yards thereof, the venue is in either county.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048602Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048602000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048602Normal"><span class="s2048602SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048602SCL-000002"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.0804; SDCL, § 23-9-18; SL 1978, ch 178, § 211.</span></p></div></body></html>