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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 3 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Chapter 17 - REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Section 3-17-6 - Grounds for removal of local officers from office

S.D. Codified Laws § 3-17-6

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Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Section 3-17-6 - Grounds for removal of local officers from office

Any officer of any local unit of government may be charged, tried, and removed from office for misconduct, malfeasance, nonfeasance, crimes in office, drunkenness, gross incompetency, corruption, theft, oppression, or gross partiality.

SDCL 3-17-6

PolC 1877, ch 22, § 3; CL 1887, § 1387; RPolC 1903, § 1806; SL 1915, ch 268, § 1; RC 1919, § 7012; SL 1929, ch 214; SDC 1939, § 48.0204; SL 1977, ch 57; SL 1981, ch 177, § 2.