South Dakota Statutes

§ 9-29-16 — Police powers of mayor, commissioners, and town marshals.

South Dakota § 9-29-16
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 9MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Ch. 9-29GENERAL POLICE POWERS AND VIOLATIONS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 9-29-16 (2026).

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The mayor of a first or second class municipality having a common council, each member of a board of city commissioners, and each town marshal shall possess, within the jurisdiction of the municipality, all the powers conferred by law upon sheriffs to suppress disorder and keep the peace.

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Legislative History

PolC 1877, ch 24, § 41; CL 1887, § 1066; SL 1890, ch 37, art III, § 6; RPolC 1903, §§ 1187, 1455; SL 1905, ch 170, § 1; SL 1913, ch 119, § 24; RC 1919, § 6279; SDC 1939, § 45.1112; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.

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