South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 15 - Enforcement Powers And Procedures
Section 41-15-15 - Seizure of hunting and fishing equipment for use as evidence--Return to defendant--Abandonment by failure to claim.

41-15-15. Seizure of hunting and fishing equipment for use as evidence--Return to defendant--Abandonment by failure to claim.
Any law enforcement officer may seize and hold, for the purpose of being used as evidence at any trial, any hunting and fishing equipment used in violation of the game and fish laws. Such equipment shall be returned to the defendant under the direction of the court or magistrate when its purpose as evidence has been fulfilled. Any property left in the possession of the court or any law enforcement officer for a period of one year after its purpose as evidence has been fulfilled is deemed abandoned.

Source: SDC 1939, §25.0422 as added by SL 1963, ch 135, §2; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 2009, ch 206, §89.

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Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 41 - Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry

Chapter 15 - Enforcement Powers And Procedures

Section 41-15-1 - Department to enforce game and fish laws.

Section 41-15-2 - Jurisdiction of courts and officers over boundary waters--Concurrent jurisdiction of adjoining states.

Section 41-15-3 - Law enforcement officers to enforce game and fish laws.

Section 41-15-6 - Inspection and counting of birds, animals, and fish to be permitted by person in possession--Stopping of motor vehicle or other conveyance for inspection.

Section 41-15-7 - Refusal to permit or interference with inspection as misdemeanor.

Section 41-15-10 - Conservation officers authorized to execute process--Arrest without warrant--Assistance by peace officers--"Conservation officer" defined.