22-12-10. Arrest or seizure of property without process--Misdemeanor.
Any public officer or person pretending to be a public officer, who under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, arrests any person, or detains any person against that person's will, or seizes or levies upon any property, or dispossesses any person of any lands or tenements without due and legal process, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, §13.1233; SL 1976, ch 158, §12-5; SL 2005, ch 120, §238.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 12 - Abuse Of Judicial Process
Section 22-12-1 - Barratry--Misdemeanor.
Section 22-12-5 - Uttering simulated process--Misdemeanor.
Section 22-12-6 - Validity of obligation no defense to simulated process charge.
Section 22-12-7 - Deposit in post office or delivery for forwarding as proof of uttering.
Section 22-12-8 - Genuine legal forms not prohibited.
Section 22-12-10 - Arrest or seizure of property without process--Misdemeanor.
Section 22-12-13 - Malicious procurement of search warrant--Misdemeanor.
Section 22-12-15 - Delay in taking arrested person before magistrate--Misdemeanor.