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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 16 - COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 18 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS
Section 16-18-18 - Attorney's duty to respect client's confidence

S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-18

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Section 16-18-18 - Attorney's duty to respect client's confidence

It is the duty of an attorney and counselor at law to maintain inviolate the confidence, and at any peril to himself to preserve the secret of his client.

SDCL 16-18-18

PolC 1877, ch 18, § 4, subdiv 4; CL 1887, § 465, subdiv 4; RPolC 1903, § 697, subdiv 4; RC 1919, § 5262 (4); Supreme Court Rule 13, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1201 (4).