South Dakota § 19-19-508 - Confidential communications to public officer.
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§ 19-19-508. Confidential communications to public officer.
A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to him in an official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.
Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 508); SDCL § 19-13-21.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-19-508 ("Confidential communications to public officer.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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