South Dakota Statutes

§ 26-9-4 — Probation officers authorized to file complaints--Assistance by state's attorney--General powers of state's attorney unimpaired.

South Dakota § 26-9-4
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 26MINORS
Ch. 26-8ECONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OR DEPENDENCY

This text of South Dakota § 26-9-4 (Probation officers authorized to file complaints--Assistance by state's attorney--General powers of state's attorney unimpaired.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 26-9-4 (2026).

Text

Probation officers having the powers of peace officers, as well as state's attorneys, shall have the right and be vested with all power necessary to file complaints against any person under § 26-9-1 and to prosecute any such case. In all such cases it shall be the duty of the state's attorney to prepare any such complaints and prosecute any such cases for such probation officer when so requested by such officer or the judge of the circuit court; but nothing herein shall be construed to interfere with any state's attorney prosecuting such cases under this or any other law as in other criminal cases.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 43.0407.

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