South Dakota § 61-6-13 - Benefits denied to persons employed while incarcerated--Reemployment.
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§ 61-6-13. Benefits denied to persons employed while incarcerated--Reemployment.
An unemployed individual who was last employed, the employment being at least thirty calendar days in duration, while incarcerated in a custodial or penal institution, and terminated from the employment because of transfer or release from the institution, is denied benefits until the individual has been reemployed at least six calendar weeks in insured employment during the individual's current benefit year and has earned wages of not less than the individual's weekly benefit amount in each of those six weeks.
Source: SL 1991, ch 413, § 4; SL 2008, ch 277, § 113; SDCL § 61-6-1.10; SL 2012, ch 252, § 59.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 61-6-13 ("Benefits denied to persons employed while incarcerated--Reemployment.") 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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