<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 26-7A-117 - Maximum age for which committed. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050713Normal { 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.s2050713SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050713CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050713Normal-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.s2050713DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050713DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050713000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050713SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050713SCL-000003 { 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="s2050713Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-7A-117"><span class="s2050713SENU">26-7A-117</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050713SENU">. </span><span class="s2050713CL">Maximum age for which committed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050713Normal-000000"><span class="s2050713DefaultParagraphFont">A child may be committed to the Department of Corrections only until the child has attained the age of twenty</span><span class="s2050713DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2050713DefaultParagraphFont">one years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050713Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050713000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050713Normal"><span class="s2050713SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050713SCL-000003"> SL 1992, ch 183, § 8; SL 1996, ch 172, § 14.</span></p></div></body></html>