South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 12 - Military Equipment, Supplies And Funds
Section 33-12-18 - Report by disinterested officer respecting missing or destroyed property--Assessment of reasonable value and payment--Suit for recovery.

33-12-18. Report by disinterested officer respecting missing or destroyed property--Assessment of reasonable value and payment--Suit for recovery.
Any property of the state that is lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed in the military service shall be acted upon by a disinterested inspector or officer, detailed as such, who shall make full investigation and report all the facts and circumstances of the case. If any person is found or deemed responsible for the loss or damage of the property, beyond reasonable wear and tear of the service, the inspector shall assess and fix a reasonable value on the property lost, damaged, or destroyed, and the person shall pay the sum so assessed into the treasury of the state. If the person fails or neglects to reimburse the state, suit may be entered in the name of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of the value of the property.

Source: SL 1887, ch 100, §68; CL 1887, §1948; SL 1903, ch 185, §75; SL 1917, ch 297, §76; RC 1919, §10636; SDC 1939, §41.0184; SL 1986, ch 272, §13; SL 2007, ch 187, §123.

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South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 33 - Military Affairs

Chapter 12 - Military Equipment, Supplies And Funds

Section 33-12-1 - Adjutant general as quartermaster general--Location of office--Expenses.

Section 33-12-2 - Quartermaster general authorized to require assistant to give bond.

Section 33-12-3 - Duties of quartermaster general.

Section 33-12-4 - Custody of flags.

Section 33-12-5 - Responsibility for equipment--Property of United States.

Section 33-12-6 - Issuance of military property to authorized persons or organizations.

Section 33-12-7 - Return of United States property to be replaced with new property--Return of surplus property.

Section 33-12-8 - Disposition of unsuitable property--Public auction or private sale--Procedure--Accounting.

Section 33-12-9 - Commanding officer as legal custodian of property--Authorization to sue for recovery.

Section 33-12-10 - Periodic return of custodial property.

Section 33-12-11 - Resignation, reassignment, dismissal, or discharge of custodial officer.

Section 33-12-12 - Death of custodial officer.

Section 33-12-16 - Inspection of issued supplies--Repairs and replacements.

Section 33-12-17 - Trafficking in property prohibited--Seizure from unauthorized person.

Section 33-12-18 - Report by disinterested officer respecting missing or destroyed property--Assessment of reasonable value and payment--Suit for recovery.

Section 33-12-19 - Board of survey respecting property losses--Notice and hearing--Appraisal and report--Payment for property--Disposition of funds.

Section 33-12-20 - Suit for missing or destroyed property--Absence of fault--Release from liability.

Section 33-12-21 - Exemption of property from taxation.

Section 33-12-23 - Unauthorized entry to remove military property--Felony.

Section 33-12-24 - Adjutant general as proper party to incur expenses.

Section 33-12-25 - Accounting of expenditures--Approval of adjutant general--Payment.

Section 33-12-26 - Accounting of expenses including pay, subsistence, and transportation--Audit and payment.

Section 33-12-27 - Military claims--Audit by adjutant general--Authorization of subordinate officers to purchase necessities--Statement to adjutant general.

Section 33-12-28 - Contracts governed by public agency procurement law--Exception for emergencies.

Section 33-12-29 - General militia fund--Expenditure procedure.

Section 33-12-30 - Special militia fund--Sources of funds.

Section 33-12-31 - Expenditures from special militia fund--Procedure--Claims payable.

Section 33-12-32 - Use of special militia fund--Appropriation.

Section 33-12-33 - Disposition of rent authorized for armory.