When arresting a person without a warrant, the person making the arrest must inform the person to be arrested of his authority and the cause of the arrest, and require him to submit, except when the person to be arrested is engaged in the actual commission of an offense or when he is arrested on pursuit immediately after its commission.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-3-4
Advice as to authority and cause of arrest without warrant
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (38 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Thornton v. City of Rapid City (2005)
Most recently applied in Thornton v. City of Rapid City (January 2005)
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §§ 34.1608, 34.1609; SDCL, §§ 23-22-9, 23-22-15; SL 1978, ch 178, § 17.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.