Section 58-22-2 - Qualifications of surety for release of person on bail Each and every surety for the release of a person on bail shall be qualified as:
(1) An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen; or(2) A professional bondsman properly qualified and approved by the director; or(3) A natural person who has reached the age of twenty-one years, a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of South Dakota for a period of one year immediately last past and who holds record title to property in South Dakota acceptable to the proper authority approving the bail bond. SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, § 4.