When both the sheriff and the coroner are absent, disqualified, or otherwise incapacitated, the circuit court in the circuit in which the county is located may, by order, designate any voter as a commissioner of the court to perform the duties required from a sheriff or coroner in any particular case.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-12-7
Designation of circuit court commissioner to act in absence, inability, or disqualification of sheriff and coroner
Source: SDC 1939, § 12.1101; SL 1968, ch 16, § 3.
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