If an officer or employee disposes of personal property without complying with the requirements of this chapter, the officer or employee, in addition to the penal penalty prescribed by law, is liable for the value thereof as shown by the last preceding inventory, to be recovered in a civil suit.
S.D. Codified Laws § 5-24-6
Civil liability of officer for failure to account for property
Source: SL 1913, ch 293, § 9; RC 1919, § 7056; SDC 1939, § 48.0506; SL 2011, ch 2, § 89.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.