<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 25-10-36.1 - Arrest of domestic abuse victim for outstanding warrant. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050406Normal { 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.s2050406SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050406CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050406Normal-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.s2050406DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050406Normal-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.s2050406Normal-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.s2050406000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050406SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050406SCL-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="s2050406Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-10-36.1"><span class="s2050406SENU">25-10-36.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050406SENU">. </span><span class="s2050406CL">Arrest of domestic abuse victim for outstanding warrant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050406Normal-000000"><span class="s2050406DefaultParagraphFont">No law enforcement officer who is called to the scene of a domestic abuse complaint is required to arrest any victim of domestic abuse for an outstanding warrant if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050406Normal-000001"><span class="s2050406DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The victim is not otherwise liable to arrest for any action arising out of the present incidence of domestic abuse; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050406Normal-000001"><span class="s2050406DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The outstanding warrant is for a nonviolent misdemeanor offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050406Normal-000002"><span class="s2050406DefaultParagraphFont">The victim is subject to arrest on an outstanding warrant after seventy-two hours have passed since the incidence of the domestic abuse call under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050406Normal-000002"><span class="s2050406DefaultParagraphFont">The decision of an officer to arrest or not to arrest a victim on an outstanding warrant under this section may not constitute a cause of action against the officer, the law enforcement agency, the employing entity, or any of the employing entity's employees.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050406Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050406000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050406Normal"><span class="s2050406SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050406SCL-000004"> SL 2014, ch 128, § 1; SL 2018, ch 164, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>