South Dakota Statutes
§ 3-17-6 — Grounds for removal of local officers from office.
Any officer of any local unit of government may be charged, tried, and removed from office for misconduct, malfeasance, nonfeasance, crimes in office, drunkenness, gross incompetency, corruption, theft, oppression, or gross partiality.
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Related
State Ex Rel. Steffen v. Peterson
2000 SD 39 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2000)
Patterson v. Linn
2001 SD 135 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2001)
Legislative History
PolC 1877, ch 22, § 3; CL 1887, § 1387; RPolC 1903, § 1806; SL 1915, ch 268, § 1; RC 1919, § 7012; SL 1929, ch 214; SDC 1939, § 48.0204; SL 1977, ch 57; SL 1981, ch 177, § 2.