South Dakota § 7-25-17 - Rental space provided county officers where courthouse or jail insufficient.
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§ 7-25-17. Rental space provided county officers where courthouse or jail insufficient.
In any county where there is no courthouse or jail erected by the county, or no lodging for prisoners provided under a joint agreement pursuant to § 24-11-4, or where those erected have not sufficient capacity, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to provide for courtroom, jail, and offices for the following named officers: sheriff, treasurer, register of deeds, state's attorney, auditor, clerk of courts, and circuit court judge for the county, to be furnished by such county in a suitable building or buildings for the lowest rent to be obtained at the county seat, or to secure and occupy suitable rooms at a free rent within the limits of the county seat or any of the additions thereto until such county builds a courthouse.
Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, § 26; PolC 1877, ch 21, § 42; SL 1885, ch 41, § 1; CL 1887, § 606; RPolC 1903, § 846; RC 1919, § 5882; SDC 1939, § 12.2301; SL 1971, ch 52.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-25-17 ("Rental space provided county officers where courthouse or jail insufficient.") 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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