S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-23

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024

Section 16-18-23 - Refusal by attorney to pay money to client as misdemeanor

An attorney who receives the money or property of his client in the course of his professional business, and refuses to pay or deliver it in a reasonable time after demand, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

SDCL 16-18-23

PolC 1877, ch 18, § 17; CL 1887, § 478; RPolC 1903, § 705; RC 1919, § 5268; SDC 1939, § 13.1257; SL 1979, ch 150, § 18.