<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 4-3-1 - Fees may be required in advance. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2033716Normal { 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.s2033716SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033716CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2033716Normal-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.s2033716DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033716000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033716SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033716SCL-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="s2033716Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=4-3-1"><span class="s2033716SENU">4-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033716SENU">. </span><span class="s2033716CL">Fees may be required in advance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033716Normal-000000"><span class="s2033716DefaultParagraphFont">Every public officer may in all cases require the person for whom any service is to be rendered to pay the fees in advance of the rendition of such service, or give security for the same, to be approved by the officer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033716Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033716000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033716Normal"><span class="s2033716SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033716SCL-000002"> SL 1868-9, ch 6, § 27; PolC 1877, ch 39, § 32; CL 1887, § 1436; RPolC 1903, § 1858; RC 1919, § 7062; SDC 1939, § 48.0607.</span></p></div></body></html>