South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-11A-4 — Pursuit of escaped prisoner--Breaking structure permitted.

South Dakota·Title 22 CRIMES·Ch. 22-11A ESCAPE
If a prisoner escapes, the person from whose custody that prisoner escaped may immediately pursue and retake that prisoner at any time and in any place in the state. To retake a prisoner, the person pursuing may, after notice of intention and refusal of admittance, break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house or other structure.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.1612; SDCL, § 23-25-5; SL 1978, ch 185, § 12; SDCL Supp, § 24-12-11; SL 2005, ch 120, § 321.

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