South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 01 - Enforcement Powers And General Provisions
Section 39-1-11 - Assistance to be rendered--Refusal of assistance as violation.

39-1-11. Assistance to be rendered--Refusal of assistance as violation.
All proprietors, clerks, bookkeepers, or other persons in any way dealing in any product governed by this title and all express agents and all employees of railroads or other common carriers shall render to the secretary of agriculture and natural resources, the secretary of public safety, and their authorized assistants all aid within their power in discovering any such products which may be suspected of being in violation of this title, and all records appertaining thereto. Any refusal or neglect on the part of such proprietors, clerks, bookkeepers, or other persons in any way dealing in any such product, or any express agent or employee of a railroad or other common carrier, to render such friendly aid shall be a violation of this title and shall be punishable as provided in §39-1-8.

Source: SL 1917, ch 242, §17; RC 1919, §7795; SDC 1939, §22.0103; SL 2004, ch 17, §284; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 39 - Food and Drugs

Chapter 01 - Enforcement Powers And General Provisions

Section 39-1-1 - Administration of chapters by Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources--General enforcement powers.

Section 39-1-1.1 - Division of Legal and Regulatory Services functions.

Section 39-1-2 - Disposition of fees received.

Section 39-1-3 - Source of payment for expenses of enforcement.

Section 39-1-4 - Promulgation of rules--Enforcement.

Section 39-1-5 - Standards for foods--Conformity to federal standards--Nonconforming foods deemed adulterated or misbranded.

Section 39-1-6 - Distribution of bulletins containing standards, definitions, rules, and regulations--Payment of cost.

Section 39-1-7 - Prohibited contracts void--Action on contract prohibited.

Section 39-1-8 - Violation of title as misdemeanor.

Section 39-1-9 - Responsibility of employer for act or omission of agent or employee.

Section 39-1-10 - Access to premises and vehicles--Inspections, samples, and analyses.

Section 39-1-11 - Assistance to be rendered--Refusal of assistance as violation.

Section 39-1-12 - Interference with official performance of duty as misdemeanor.

Section 39-1-13 - Inspections and reports required of police officers--Payment of expenses.

Section 39-1-14 - Contraband articles subject to condemnation.

Section 39-1-15 - Seizure or quarantine of contraband articles--Tagging and marking--Removal as petty offense.

Section 39-1-16 - Petition to court for condemnation of seized or quarantined articles--Hearing and order.

Section 39-1-17 - Preemption of local regulation of certain seed, commercial fertilizer, commercial feed, animal remedies, and pesticide.