<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-40-7 - Representation provided by county or municipality for indigents detained without formal charge. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2049150Normal { 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.s2049150SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049150CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2049150Normal-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.s2049150DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2049150Normal-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; } p.s2049150Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s2049150000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049150SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049150SCL-000004 { 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="s2049150Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-40-7"><span class="s2049150SENU">23A-40-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049150SENU">. </span><span class="s2049150CL">Representation provided by county or municipality for indigents detained without formal charge.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049150Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">The board of county commissioners of each county and the governing body of any municipality shall provide for the representation of indigent persons described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-40-6"><span class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">23A-40-6</span></a><span class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">. The board or body shall provide this representation by any or all of the following:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049150Normal-000001"><span class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Establishing and maintaining an office of a public defender;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049150Normal-000001"><span class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Arranging with the courts in the county to appoint attorneys on an equitable basis through a systematic, coordinated plan; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049150Normal-000001"><span class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Contracting with any attorney licensed to practice law in this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049150Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">In those counties which have established an office of public defender, any proceedings after judgment may be assigned to the public defender. The provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=5-18A"><span class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont">5-18A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049150DefaultParagraphFont"> do not apply to this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049150Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049150000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049150Normal"><span class="s2049150SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049150SCL-000004"> SL 1979, ch 159, §§ 34, 35; SL 1998, ch 152, § 1; SL 2011, ch 2, § 132.</span></p></div></body></html>