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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 27 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE REQUIREMENTS
Section 12-27-38 - Candidate may not be certified or to forfeit office for felony violation

S.D. Codified Laws § 12-27-38

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Section 12-27-38 - Candidate may not be certified or to forfeit office for felony violation

If any candidate is proved in a contest of an election to have violated any provision of this chapter punishable by a felony, the candidate may not be certified for election or the candidate shall forfeit his or her office. The office shall be declared vacant and shall be filled in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies occasioned by death or resignation.

SDCL 12-27-38

SL 2007, ch 80, §38; SL 2018, ch 84, §11.
Amended by S.L. 2018, ch. 84,s. 11, eff. 7/1/2018.