Source notes, cross-references, and titles whether designating entire titles, parts, chapters, sections, or subdivisions, constitute no part of any statute.
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-14-9
Source notes, cross-references and titles not part of statute
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case State v. Wright (1999)
Most recently applied in Healy v. Osborne (March 2018)
Source: SDC 1939, § 65.0202 (3).
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.