South Dakota Statutes

§ 16-18-23 — Refusal by attorney to pay money to client as misdemeanor.

South Dakota·Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY·Ch. 16 POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS
An attorney who receives the money or property of his client in the course of his professional business, and refuses to pay or deliver it in a reasonable time after demand, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Related

Matter of Discipline of Tidball
503 N.W.2d 850 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1993)
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Legislative History

PolC 1877, ch 18, § 17; CL 1887, § 478; RPolC 1903, § 705; RC 1919, § 5268; SDC 1939, § 13.1257; SL 1979, ch 150, § 18.

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