The Department of Corrections may bring suit in the proper court in its own name, to enforce any contract made by it and any suit relating to such property, or to the care, custody, control, management, or improvement thereof, and the attorney general shall prosecute any such suit upon the request of the secretary of corrections. Any money collected upon any judgment obtained under the provisions of this section shall be paid into the treasury for the benefit of the penal institutions and credited to the proper fund or funds. This section and § 1-15-10 confer upon the Department of Corrections all powers which are necessary to the proper legal management of the correctional institutions placed under its control, and the property belonging to the same.
S.D. Codified Laws § 1-15-11
Enforcement of contracts and property rights--Judgment proceeds
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Jackson v. Lee's Travelers Lodge, Inc. (1997)
Most recently applied in Jackson v. Lee's Travelers Lodge, Inc. (June 1997)
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.1705; SL 1989, ch 20, § 29.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.