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Code · South Dakota · Title 15 · Chapter 15-21

15-21-2. Amercement of clerk for failure to pay over money received.

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If any clerk of a court shall neglect or refuse on demand made by the person entitled thereto, his agent, or attorney of record, to pay over all money by him received in his official capacity for the use of such person, every such clerk may be amerced; and the proceedings against him and his sureties shall be the same as provided for in § 15-21-1 , against sheriffs and their sureties.
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