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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 22 - Crimes » Chapter 07 - Habitual Offenders » Section 22-7-10 – Duty of law enforcement personnel to report knowledge of prior convictions.

22-7-10. Duty of law enforcement personnel to report knowledge of prior convictions.

Whenever any jailer, warden, or prison, probation, parole, or law enforcement officer has knowledge that any person charged with a felony has been previously convicted within the meaning of this chapter, that person shall provide that information to the state’s attorney.

Source: SDC 1939, §13.0611 (3); SDCL, §22-7-2; SL 1976, ch 158, §7-8; SL 2005, ch 120, §387.