23-6-11. Access of director to public records--Misdemeanor.
Every person having custody or charge of public or official records or documents, from which information is sought for the purposes of this chapter, shall grant to the director, or to any person deputized by him, access thereto, for the purpose of obtaining such information. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1939, ch 138, §§7, 15; SDC Supp 1960, §§55.15A07, 55.9933; SDCL, §23-6-18; SL 1978, ch 169, §2.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06 - Criminal Statistics
Section 23-6-1 - Bureau of Criminal Statistics--Establishment in Office of Attorney General.
Section 23-6-2 - Attorney general as director of bureau--Seal--No salary.
Section 23-6-4 - Statistical information--Compilation by director--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-5 - Information as to particular offenders--Gathering by director--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-6 - Classification of crimes and offenders--Promulgation by director--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-7 - Authority of director to enter prisons and penal institutions--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-8.1 - Destruction of records of certain persons, incidents, and offenses.
Section 23-6-9 - Copy of available information--Furnishing to law enforcement agencies--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-10 - Reports by director--Contents--Distribution--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-11 - Access of director to public records--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-14 - Access to files and records of bureau.
Section 23-6-15 - Acceptance of rewards by director or employees prohibited.
Section 23-6-17 - Coroners--Transmission of information required by director--Misdemeanor.