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S.D. Codified Laws § 21-34-6

Power of court to compel obedience and punish violations--Maximum penalties

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case South Dakota Board of Nursing v. Jones (1997)

Most recently applied in South Dakota Board of Nursing v. Jones (July 1997)

Source: SDC 1939, § 65.0107.

In any and all cases under this chapter, the court shall have jurisdiction by order, judgment, or decree to compel the obedience or stop or punish the violation which is certified and to fix such time within which obedience may be made or violation stopped and to order, adjudge, or decree and enforce a penalty not exceeding a fine of five thousand dollars or confinement in any county jail or state prison not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.