<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-44-4 - Discharge of defendant and release of bail on dismissal of charges. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2049218Normal { 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.s2049218SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049218CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2049218Normal-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.s2049218DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049218000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049218SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049218SCL-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="s2049218Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-44-4"><span class="s2049218SENU">23A-44-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049218SENU">. </span><span class="s2049218CL">Discharge of defendant and release of bail on dismissal of charges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049218Normal-000000"><span class="s2049218DefaultParagraphFont">If a court directs an action to be dismissed, the defendant must, if in custody, be discharged, or if admitted to bail, his bail must be exonerated or money deposited instead of bail must be refunded to him.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049218Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049218000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049218Normal"><span class="s2049218SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049218SCL-000002"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.2203; SDCL, § 23-34-5; SL 1978, ch 178, § 537.</span></p></div></body></html>