16-15-15. Acceptance of gift from party to action as misdemeanor--Inheritance excepted.
Every judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, or umpire, who accepts any gift from any person, knowing him to be a party in interest, or the attorney or counsel of any party in interest to any action or proceeding then pending or about to be brought before him, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The word "gift" as used herein shall not be taken to include property received by inheritance, by will, or by gift in view of death.
Source: PenC 1877, §§130, 131; CL 1887, §§6330, 6331; RPenC 1903, §§136, 137; RC 1919, §§3718, 3719; SDC 1939, §13.1204; SL 1979, ch 150, §13.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary
Chapter 15 - Contempt And Offenses Against The Judiciary
Section 16-15-1 - Action or arrest in improper name as misdemeanor.
Section 16-15-2 - Disorderly behavior in presence of court as misdemeanor.
Section 16-15-3 - Disorderly behavior in presence of referee as misdemeanor.
Section 16-15-4 - Disturbance of court proceedings as misdemeanor.
Section 16-15-5 - Refusal to testify as misdemeanor.
Section 16-15-6 - Disobedience of judicial process as misdemeanor.
Section 16-15-7 - Resistance to judicial process as misdemeanor.
Section 16-15-8 - False report of judicial proceedings as misdemeanor--Fair report not punishable.
Section 16-15-15 - Acceptance of gift from party to action as misdemeanor--Inheritance excepted.