South Dakota § 41-15-15 Seizure of hunting and fishing equipment for use as evidence--Return to defendant--Abandonment by failure to claim.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 41-15-15 — Seizure of hunting and fishing equipment for use as evidence--Return to defendant--Abandonment by failure to claim.

South Dakota § 41-15-15

Title 41GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY

Ch. 41-13ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND PROCEDURES

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S.D. Codified Laws § 41-15-15 (2026).

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Any law enforcement officer may seize and hold, for the purpose of being used as evidence at any trial, any hunting and fishing equipment used in violation of the game and fish laws. Such equipment shall be returned to the defendant under the direction of the court or magistrate when its purpose as evidence has been fulfilled. Any property left in the possession of the court or any law enforcement officer for a period of one year after its purpose as evidence has been fulfilled is deemed abandoned.

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Any law enforcement officer may seize and hold, for the purpose of being used as evidence at any trial, any hunting and fishing equipment used in violation of the game and fish laws. Such equipment shall be returned to the defendant under the direction of the court or magistrate when its purpose as evidence has been fulfilled. Any property left in the possession of the court or any law enforcement officer for a period of one year after its purpose as evidence has been fulfilled is deemed abandoned.