23-1A-14. Receipt for deposit--Check as receipt--Stop payment and failure to appear as misdemeanor.
A person receiving a deposit shall furnish a numbered receipt to the defendant if requested. A person receiving a deposit may allow a defendant to submit a check for the amount of the deposit, and such check shall be considered to be the receipt required by this section. Such check shall be deemed to have been issued for present consideration. Any person who issues a "stop payment" order on such a check and fails to appear in court on the date set for hearing by the summons, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1977, ch 193, ยง12.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 01A - Petty Offense Procedure
Section 23-1A-1 - Petty offense procedures used by all law enforcement and judicial officers.
Section 23-1A-2 - Complaint and summons forms--Uniform traffic ticket--Contents.
Section 23-1A-2.1 - Ticket form for juvenile cited violations.
Section 23-1A-3 - State's attorney as attorney for plaintiff.
Section 23-1A-4 - Complaint and summons as only complaint necessary.
Section 23-1A-6 - Minor defendant--Guardian ad litem not required--Trial as juvenile delinquent.
Section 23-1A-9 - Resisting service or refusal to give information as misdemeanor.
Section 23-1A-10 - Defendant's options for disposal of case.
Section 23-1A-16 - Relief from admission by appearing in court--Matter set for trial.
Section 23-1A-18 - Failure to appear after deposit or admission--Judgment entered.
Section 23-1A-21 - Effect of judgment same as for other civil judgments--Execution, levy, and liens.
Section 23-1A-22 - Judgment--Amount--Reduction or elimination--Defendant award--Amount of deposit.
Section 23-1A-23 - Judgment proceeds deposited in county treasuries.