<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 7-7-23 - Officer receiving salary of deputy or clerk as theft. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2035228Normal { 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.s2035228SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035228CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2035228Normal-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.s2035228DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035228000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035228SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035228SCL-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="s2035228Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=7-7-23"><span class="s2035228SENU">7-7-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035228SENU">. </span><span class="s2035228CL">Officer receiving salary of deputy or clerk as theft.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035228Normal-000000"><span class="s2035228DefaultParagraphFont">Any officer who receives or appropriates for the officer's own use and benefit any part of the salary allowed any deputy or clerk employed under the provisions of this title is guilty of theft.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035228Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035228000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035228Normal"><span class="s2035228SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035228SCL-000002"> SL 1887, ch 10, § 8; SL 1890, ch 134, § 5; RPolC 1903, § 883; SL 1917, ch 189, § 4; RC 1919, § 5906; SDC 1939, § 12.9903; SL 1981, ch 43, § 2; SL 2016, ch 44, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>