3-16-1. Willful failure to perform official duty as misdemeanor.
Where any duty is or shall be enjoined by law upon any public officer, or upon any person holding any public trust or employment, every intentional omission to perform such duty, where no special provision shall have been made for the punishment of such delinquency, is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: PenC 1877, §216; CL 1887, §6416; RPenC 1903, §220; RC 1919, §3806; SDC 1939, §13.1301; SL 1980, ch 24, §44.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 3 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 16 - Malfeasance Misfeasance And Nonfeasance In Office
Section 3-16-1 - Willful failure to perform official duty as misdemeanor.
Section 3-16-2 - Keeping office or property at unauthorized place as misdemeanor.
Section 3-16-7 - Officer's interest in public contract as misdemeanor .
Section 3-16-8 - Self-dealing in award or terms of agency contract prohibited.
Section 3-16-9 - Retaliation prohibited for reporting violations, abuse, or danger to public.
Section 3-16-10 - Retaliation prohibited for reporting public official's misuse of public funds.