<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 24-1-12 - Service of process within correctional facility--Officers exempt from jury duty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6Normal { 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.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6Statute { 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.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 24-1-12 - Service of process within correctional facility--Officers exempt from jury duty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 24-1-12 - Service of process within correctional facility--Officers exempt from jury duty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=24-1-12"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=24-1-12" rel="noopener"><span class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6SENU">24-1-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6SENU">. </span><span class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6CL">Service of process within correctional facility--Officers exempt from jury duty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6Statute"><span class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6DefaultParagraphFont">All process served within the precincts of a state correctional facility, either upon an inmate or upon a person or officer employed within the precincts thereof, except upon the warden, must be served and returned by the warden, personally or by a designee. All officers and employees of a state correctional facility are exempt from serving upon juries in any state court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="se9038b9b87b845dfb50b1d56c3cb82b6SCL">SDC 1939, § 13.4702; SL 1980, ch 184; SL 2004, ch 168, § 2; SL 2023, ch 82, § 55.</span></p></div></body></html>