1-15-11. Enforcement of contracts and property rights--Judgment proceeds.
The Department of Corrections may bring suit in the proper court in its own name, to enforce any contract made by it and any suit relating to such property, or to the care, custody, control, management, or improvement thereof, and the attorney general shall prosecute any such suit upon the request of the secretary of corrections. Any money collected upon any judgment obtained under the provisions of this section shall be paid into the treasury for the benefit of the penal institutions and credited to the proper fund or funds. This section and §1-15-10 confer upon the Department of Corrections all powers which are necessary to the proper legal management of the correctional institutions placed under its control, and the property belonging to the same.
Source: SDC 1939, §55.1705; SL 1989, ch 20, §29.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 1 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 15 - Department Of Corrections
Section 1-15-1.2 - Department created.
Section 1-15-1.3 - Secretary as head of department--Appointment--Qualifications.
Section 1-15-1.4 - Agencies and programs under department control.
Section 1-15-1.5 - Department to perform functions of former Board of Charities and Corrections.
Section 1-15-1.7 - Appointment of division directors.
Section 1-15-1.8 - Rules, regulations, and standards in full force and effect--Exceptions.
Section 1-15-1.10 - Replacement of Board of Charities and Corrections--Effect.
Section 1-15-1.12 - Duties, responsibilities, and authority of wardens granted by secretary.
Section 1-15-1.13 - Corrections Commission--Members--Terms--Purpose.
Section 1-15-1.14 - Review of criminal justice issues--Annual report.
Section 1-15-6.1 - Administrative functions performed for Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Section 1-15-10 - Contracts for service, buildings, lands, materials, and supplies.
Section 1-15-10.2 - Compensation of state for care of persons from other states.
Section 1-15-10.4 - Agreements for state care of federal wards.
Section 1-15-11 - Enforcement of contracts and property rights--Judgment proceeds.
Section 1-15-12 - Supplies not to be purchased from institution employees.
Section 1-15-13 - Federal funds--Acceptance and use.
Section 1-15-14 - Condemnation of private property.
Section 1-15-17 - Employment of institutional personnel in maintenance and replacement projects.
Section 1-15-18 - Management and accounting prescribed by secretary.
Section 1-15-20.1 - Inmate defined.
Section 1-15-21 - Receipt and disbursement of inmates' funds.
Section 1-15-23 - Investigatory powers of secretary.
Section 1-15-24 - Investigations by attorney general on secretary's request.
Section 1-15-29 - Council of Juvenile Services--Appointment--Terms.
Section 1-15-30 - Responsibilities of Council of Juvenile Services.
Section 1-15-32 - Participation in international prisoner transfer treaties.
Section 1-15-33 - Responsibility for transporting inmates to hearings.
Section 1-15-34 - County responsible for certain costs of transporting inmates.
Section 1-15-35 - Department of Corrections responsible for certain costs of transporting inmates.
Section 1-15-36 - Promulgation of rules to administer reinvestment program.
Section 1-15-37 - Incarceration construction fund established.