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Code · South Dakota · Title 21 · Chapter 21-34

21-34-4. Presentation of certificate to judge--Service of process and copy of certificate on offender.

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The original, and a copy of the certificate for each person against whom contempt process is sought, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of courts of the county in which jurisdiction is laid and shall be served, together with a summons, citation, or order to show cause or similar process requiring the person or persons to appear and answer or show cause at a time and place specified therein, as the court may decide in the same manner as a complaint in a civil proceeding.
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