No payment shall be made and no obligation shall be incurred against any appropriation unless such payment or obligation has been authorized as provided by law. Every official authorizing payments in violation of this section or § 4-8-1, or taking part therein, and every person receiving such payment, or any part thereof, shall be jointly and severally liable to the state for the full amount so paid or received.
S.D. Codified Laws § 4-8-2
Payments and obligations to be authorized by law--Liability to state for unauthorized payments
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Pennington County v. State ex rel. Unified Judicial System (2002)
Most recently applied in Pennington County v. State ex rel. Unified Judicial System (February 2002)
Source: SL 1963, ch 353, § 11.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.