South Dakota Statutes
§ 22-18-2 — Justifiable force used by public officer in performance of duty--Assistance or direction of officer.
South Dakota § 22-18-2
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-18-2 (2026).
Text
To use or attempt to use or offer to use force or violence upon or toward the person of another is not unlawful if necessarily committed by a public officer in the performance of any legal duty or by any other person assisting the public officer or acting by the public officer's direction.
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Swedlund v. Foster
2003 SD 8 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2003)
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2005 SD 15 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2005)
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Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 13.2402 (1); SL 2005, ch 120, § 6.
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 22-18-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/22-18-2.