South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 05 - Discharge Of Inmates From Penitentiary
Section 24-5-5 - Funds in inmate's institutional accounts upon discharge, death, or escape--Application--Refund.

24-5-5. Funds in inmate's institutional accounts upon discharge, death, or escape--Application--Refund.
If any inmate of the penitentiary dies, is discharged, or escapes, leaving at the penitentiary funds in the inmate's institutional account or other tangible personal property of value, the warden shall apply these funds towards the inmate's obligations as provided for in §24-2-29. At the warden's discretion, tangible personal property of value may be sold, donated to charity, discarded, returned to an heir, or used for the benefit of the penitentiary. If the funds exceed the inmate's obligations as provided for in §24-2-29, the excess balance shall be given back to the inmate or an heir of the inmate. Otherwise, the excess balance shall be deposited in the state general fund.

Source: SL 1987, ch 184, §1; SL 2004, ch 169, §1.

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Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 24 - Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole

Chapter 05 - Discharge Of Inmates From Penitentiary

Section 24-5-1 - Graduated scale of reductions from sentence for good conduct.

Section 24-5-2 - Restoration to citizenship on discharge--Certificate issued by secretary of corrections--Copy to clerk of court.

Section 24-5-3 - Clothing, money, and transportation provided on discharge.

Section 24-5-5 - Funds in inmate's institutional accounts upon discharge, death, or escape--Application--Refund.

Section 24-5-6 - Closing of inmate's institutional account with negative balance.

Section 24-5-7 - Board authorized to grant early final discharge from supervision--Certificate of discharge--Prisoner not entitled to early discharge.