South Dakota § 21-34-1 - Administrative actions enforceable under chapter--Statutory violation defined as contempt.
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§ 21-34-1. Administrative actions enforceable under chapter--Statutory violation defined as contempt.
Whenever it is provided in any statute in substance to the effect, that the failure to obey the process, subpoena, order, rule, regulation, judgment, or other legal command of any public officer, department, commission, board, or tribunal, or that violation of any statute may be punished as a contempt of court, or that obedience to anything may be commanded or violation of anything punished as a contempt of court and no other method is specifically provided for invoking the contempt process of the court, the same may be done as provided by this chapter.
Source: SDC 1939, § 65.0107.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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