<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 58-22-2 - Qualifications of surety for release of person on bail. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2075629Normal { 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.s2075629SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075629CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075629Normal-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.s2075629DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075629Normal-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; } span.s2075629DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075629000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075629SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075629SCL-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="s2075629Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-22-2"><span class="s2075629SENU">58-22-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075629SENU">. </span><span class="s2075629CL">Qualifications of surety for release of person on bail.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075629Normal-000000"><span class="s2075629DefaultParagraphFont">Each and every surety for the release of a person on bail shall be qualified as:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075629Normal-000001"><span class="s2075629DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075629Normal-000001"><span class="s2075629DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A professional bondsman properly qualified and approved by the director; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075629Normal-000001"><span class="s2075629DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A natural person who has reached the age of twenty</span><span class="s2075629DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2075629DefaultParagraphFont">one years, a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of South Dakota for a period of one year immediately last past and who holds record title to property in South Dakota acceptable to the proper authority approving the bail bond.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075629Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075629000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075629Normal"><span class="s2075629SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075629SCL-000004"> SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>