South Dakota § 9-29-19.1 - Arrest for ordinance violation--Complaint--Release on promise to appear.
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§ 9-29-19.1. Arrest for ordinance violation--Complaint--Release on promise to appear.
Whenever any person is arrested for a violation of any municipal ordinance, which occurs in the presence of the arresting law enforcement officer, such officer may take the name and address of the person arrested and issue a complaint or otherwise notify him in writing to appear at a time and place to be specified in such complaint or notice. The time so specified shall be at least five days after the arrest unless the person arrested shall demand an earlier hearing. Such officer may allow the person arrested an earlier hearing. Such officer may allow the person arrested to be released from custody, upon the giving by such person of his written promise to appear at such time and place. Any person refusing to give such written promise to appear may be prosecuted as in the manner of other violations of city ordinances.
Source: SL 1977, ch 76.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-29-19.1 ("Arrest for ordinance violation--Complaint--Release on promise to appear.") 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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