South Dakota Statutes

§ 23A-3-4 — Advice as to authority and cause of arrest without warrant.

South Dakota § 23A-3-4
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 23ACRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Ch. 23A-2(RULE 4.1) ARREST

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S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-3-4 (2026).

Text

When arresting a person without a warrant, the person making the arrest must inform the person to be arrested of his authority and the cause of the arrest, and require him to submit, except when the person to be arrested is engaged in the actual commission of an offense or when he is arrested on pursuit immediately after its commission.

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Related

Thornton v. City of Rapid City
2005 SD 15 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2005)
10 case citations

Legislative History

SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §§ 34.1608, 34.1609; SDCL, §§ 23-22-9, 23-22-15; SL 1978, ch 178, § 17.

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