Section 16-18-10 - Attorney not to be surety--Violation as misdemeanor. - South Dakota Statutes

16-18-10. Attorney not to be surety--Violation as misdemeanor. No practicing attorney and counselor at law shall be a surety in any suit or proceeding which may be instituted in any of the courts of this state. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1872-3, ch 48, § 1; PolC 1877, ch 18, § 8; CL 1887, § 469; RPolC 1903, § 701; RC 1919, § 5265; Supreme Court Rule 16, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1204; SL 1979, ch 150, § 17.