No adjudication or disposition under this chapter or chapter 26-8A, 26-8B, or 26-8C may cause disqualification or ineligibility of a child for any public office, civil service, or military service. No child may be termed a criminal because of any adjudication or disposition, nor may any adjudication or disposition be considered to be a conviction.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-7A-105
Child not disqualified from public office, civil service, or military service--Not a criminal conviction
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Matter of R.S.S. (1991)
Most recently applied in Matter of R.S.S. (August 1991)
Source: SDC 1939, § 43.0327; SL 1968, ch 164, § 16; SL 1991, ch 217, § 101B; SDCL, § 26-8-56.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.