South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 15 - Enforcement Powers And Procedures
Section 41-15-19 - Report to secretary of contraband seized.

41-15-19. Report to secretary of contraband seized.
All such officers taking or seizing any of the things defined in § 41-15-18 to be contraband shall without unnecessary delay report all of the facts attending such seizure to the secretary of game, fish and parks.

Source: SDC 1939, §25.0422; SL 1963, ch 135, §2; SL 1967, ch 85, §8; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 2021, ch 188, § 6.

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.

Section 41-15-10.1 - Law enforcement powers of conservation officers certified or appointed by law enforcement officers standards commission.

Section 41-15-11 - Summons issued to person arrested for misdemeanor--Release from custody on promise to appear--Bond required of nonresident.

Section 41-15-13 - Taking before magistrate on refusal of promise to appear on misdemeanor charge.

Section 41-15-14 - Seizure and disposition of contraband game and fish.

Section 41-15-15 - Seizure of hunting and fishing equipment for use as evidence--Return to defendant--Abandonment by failure to claim.

Section 41-15-16.1 - Fish house or other shelter on ice of public waters--Seizure or destruction.

Section 41-15-17 - Search warrant for contraband bird, animal, fish, or skin--Execution of warrant.

Section 41-15-18 - Unlawfully possessed bird, animal, fish, skin, or container as contraband--Seizure by officer.

Section 41-15-19 - Report to secretary of contraband seized.

Section 41-15-20 - Sale of contraband and abandoned property--Disposition of proceeds--Record of sales--Tagging of articles sold.