An officer taking property under a warrant shall give to the person from whom or from whose premises the property was taken, a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken or shall leave the copy and receipt at the place from which the property was taken. The return shall be made promptly and shall be accompanied by a written inventory of any property taken. The inventory shall be made in the presence of the applicant for the warrant and the person from whose possession or premises the property was taken, if they are present, or in the presence of at least one credible person other than the applicant for the warrant or the person from whose possession or premises the property was taken, and shall be signed under oath by the officer. The committing magistrate shall upon request deliver a copy of the inventory to the person from whom or from whose premises the property was taken and to the applicant for the warrant.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-35-10
(Rule 41(d)) Receipt and copy of warrant given to person from whom property taken--Inventory filed with return of warrant--Copies of inventory
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Matter of Implicated Individual (2021)
Most recently applied in Matter of Implicated Individual (October 2021)
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.1109; SDCL, § 23-15-18; SL 1978, ch 178, § 447.
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