The county auditor shall keep the ballot boxes and pollbooks in the same condition as when received, until the meeting of the county canvassing board, when he shall deliver the pollbooks to such board. A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-20-32
Preservation of ballot boxes and pollbooks--Delivery of pollbooks to county canvassing board--Violation as felony
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Larson v. Locken (1978)
Most recently applied in Larson v. Locken (February 1978)
Source: SL 1899, ch 83, § 4; RPolC 1903, § 1938; SL 1915, ch 185, § 2; RC 1919, § 7287; SDC 1939, § 16.1709; SDCL, § 12-20-33; SL 1974, ch 118, § 163; SL 1982, ch 86, § 93.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.