21-34-1. Administrative actions enforceable under chapter--Statutory violation defined as contempt.
Whenever it is provided in any statute in substance to the effect, that the failure to obey the process, subpoena, order, rule, regulation, judgment, or other legal command of any public officer, department, commission, board, or tribunal, or that violation of any statute may be punished as a contempt of court, or that obedience to anything may be commanded or violation of anything punished as a contempt of court and no other method is specifically provided for invoking the contempt process of the court, the same may be done as provided by this chapter.
Source: SDC 1939, ยง65.0107.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 34 - Administrative Process Enforced Under Contempt Powers
Section 21-34-2 - Certificate of facts showing violation prepared by officer--Contents.
Section 21-34-3 - Judge to whom certificate of facts directed.
Section 21-34-5 - Procedural matters prescribed by court.
Section 21-34-6 - Power of court to compel obedience and punish violations--Maximum penalties.
Section 21-34-7 - Officers empowered to serve process and carry out orders of court.
Section 21-34-8 - Source of payment for expenses of officials.
Section 21-34-9 - Costs awarded.
Section 21-34-10 - Remissions, suspension, and purging of contempt.
Section 21-34-11 - Reinvoking contempt process on continuing violation.
Section 21-34-12 - Judicial power to enforce own order unaffected.
Section 21-34-13 - Appeal to Supreme Court.
Section 21-34-14 - Stay of execution pending appeal to Supreme Court.