A person brought into this state by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which he is being or has been returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-24-33
Immunity from civil process
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (38 sections).
Source: SDC 1939, § 34.1724; SL 1953, ch 200, § 24; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.1723.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.