The sheriff is responsible for the acts of each deputy, jailer, and clerk in the performance of the duties of the sheriff's office. The sheriff may summarily relieve any deputy, jailer, or clerk of any or all official responsibilities and duties.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-12-11
Responsibility of sheriff for deputies, jailers, and clerks--Summary relief from duties
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Hollander v. Douglas County (2000)
Most recently applied in Hollander v. Douglas County (December 2000)
Source: SL 1917, ch 190, § 1; RC 1919, § 5966; SDC 1939, § 12.1009; SL 1955, ch 20; SL 1963, ch 40, § 4; SL 2016, ch 44, § 26.
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