<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 7-12-7 - Designation of circuit court commissioner to act in absence, inability, or disqualification of sheriff and coroner. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2035382Normal { 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.s2035382SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035382CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2035382Normal-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.s2035382DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035382000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035382SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035382SCL-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="s2035382Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=7-12-7"><span class="s2035382SENU">7-12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035382SENU">. </span><span class="s2035382CL">Designation of circuit court commissioner to act in absence, inability, or disqualification of sheriff and coroner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035382Normal-000000"><span class="s2035382DefaultParagraphFont">When both the sheriff and the coroner are absent, disqualified, or otherwise incapacitated, the circuit court in the circuit in which the county is located may, by order, designate any voter as a commissioner of the court to perform the duties required from a sheriff or coroner in any particular case.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035382Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035382000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035382Normal"><span class="s2035382SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035382SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 12.1101; SL 1968, ch 16, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>