South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions
Section 15-1-2 - Civil and criminal remedies not merged.

15-1-2. Civil and criminal remedies not merged.
Where the violation of a right admits of both a civil and criminal remedy, the right to prosecute the one is not merged in the other.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, ยง33.0103.