Section 21-17A-29 - Plaintiff prosecuting actions officer authorized to bring--Indemnification of officer. - South Dakota Statutes

21-17A-29. Plaintiff prosecuting actions officer authorized to bring--Indemnification of officer. The actions authorized by this chapter to be brought by a sheriff or constable may be prosecuted by the plaintiff or under his direction, upon the delivery by him to the sheriff or constable of an undertaking, with two sufficient sureties, to the effect that the plaintiff shall indemnify him for all damages, costs and expenses thereon not exceeding five hundred dollars in any one action. The sureties shall, if required by the sheriff or constable, justify by making an affidavit that each is worth double the amount of the penalty named in the undertaking over and above all debts and exemptions.

Source: SL 1983, ch 168, § 29.