South Dakota § 3-17-6 Grounds for removal of local officers from office.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 3-17-6 — Grounds for removal of local officers from office.

South Dakota § 3-17-6

Title 3PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Ch. 3-16REMOVAL FROM OFFICE

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 3-17-6 (2026).

Text

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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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.