S.D. Codified Laws § 22-18-2

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 22-18-2 - Justifiable force used by public officer in performance of duty-Assistance or direction of officer

To use or attempt to use or offer to use force or violence upon or toward the person of another is not unlawful if necessarily committed by a public officer in the performance of any legal duty or by any other person assisting the public officer or acting by the public officer's direction.

SDCL 22-18-2

SDC 1939, § 13.2402 (1); SL 2005, ch 120, §6.