South Dakota § 21-27-11 Transfer or concealment of applicant to avoid writ as felony.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 21-27-11 — Transfer or concealment of applicant to avoid writ as felony.

South Dakota § 21-27-11

Title 21JUDICIAL REMEDIES

Ch. 21-26HABEAS CORPUS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 21-27-11 (2026).

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Anyone having a person in his custody or under his restraint, power, or control for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus is issued who, with intent to avoid the effect of such writ, shall transfer such person to the custody, or place him or her under the control of another, or shall conceal him or her, or change the place of his or her confinement, with intent to avoid the operation of such writ, or with intent to remove him or her out of this state, is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

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Anyone having a person in his custody or under his restraint, power, or control for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus is issued who, with intent to avoid the effect of such writ, shall transfer such person to the custody, or place him or her under the control of another, or shall conceal him or her, or change the place of his or her confinement, with intent to avoid the operation of such writ, or with intent to remove him or her out of this state, is guilty of a Class 5 felony.