South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 24A - Plant Quarantine And Treatment
Section 38-24A-15 - Issuance of search warrants.

38-24A-15. Issuance of search warrants.
The appropriate circuit and magistrate courts in this state shall have authority to issue search warrants for such inspections upon a showing by the secretary of agriculture and natural resources that there is probable cause to believe that there exists in or on the property to be inspected a pest, host, or other article subject to the provisions of this chapter.

Source: SL 1971, ch 220, §8; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 38 - Agriculture and Horticulture

Chapter 24A - Plant Quarantine And Treatment

Section 38-24A-1 - Definition of terms.

Section 38-24A-2 - Administration by secretary--Delegation of authority--Rules and regulations.

Section 38-24A-3 - Suppression and control activities authorized.

Section 38-24A-4 - Cooperation with other agencies--Expenditure of funds.

Section 38-24A-5 - Interstate cooperation in control activities.

Section 38-24A-6 - Quarantines and embargoes authorized.

Section 38-24A-7 - Limitation of quarantined area--Extension.

Section 38-24A-9 - Scope of rules relating to regulated area--Publication of notice.

Section 38-24A-9.1 - Emergency quarantine measures--Public hearing--Notice--Duration of emergency measures--When chapter 1-26 becomes applicable.

Section 38-24A-10 - Movements contrary to quarantine rules prohibited.

Section 38-24A-11 - Quarantine violation as misdemeanor.

Section 38-24A-12 - Seizure and treatment or disposal of infested articles--Notice to owner.

Section 38-24A-12.1 - Liability for expenses of seizure, treatment, etc.--Assessment and collection--Penalties--Tax list as presumptive evidence of liability of land.

Section 38-24A-13 - Public notice of large-scale treatment operations.

Section 38-24A-14 - Inspection powers of secretary--Notice.

Section 38-24A-15 - Issuance of search warrants.

Section 38-24A-16 - Compensation for uninfested articles destroyed.

Section 38-24A-17 - Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability for damages.

Section 38-24A-18 - Severability of provisions.

Section 38-24A-19 - Citation of chapter--Additional to other powers.

Section 38-24A-20 - Special certificates on plants for export.

Section 38-24A-21 - Inspection of plants intended for export--Certificate--Fees.