Section 23A-3-8 - Receipts given for property taken from person arrested.

23A-3-8. Receipts given for property taken from person arrested. When money or property, other than that seized pursuant to chapters 23A-35 to 23A-37, inclusive, is taken from a defendant arrested upon a charge of having committed a public offense, the law enforcement officer taking it must, at the time, make duplicate receipts therefor, specifying particularly the amount of money or the kind of property taken. One of the receipts shall be given to the defendant.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.0601; SDCL, § 23-16-1; SL 1978, ch 178, § 21.