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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 25 - Domestic Relations » Chapter 07 - Support Obligations » Section 25-7-26 – Arrest and forfeiture of undertaking on failure to comply–Trial–Commitment or release on new undertaking.

25-7-26. Arrest and forfeiture of undertaking on failure to comply–Trial–Commitment or release on new undertaking.

If a defendant fails to comply with the undertaking, he or she may be arrested on a warrant issued from the court in which the case is pending or the conviction was had. The court may thereupon order a forfeiture of the undertaking and that the defendant be tried or committed in execution of the sentence, or for good cause shown, may release the defendant upon a new undertaking.

Source: SDC 1939, §13.3203; SL 1963, ch 56, §3; SL 1984, ch 12, §54.