Section 23A-10A-4 - Commitment--Finding required--Duration. - South Dakota Statutes

23A-10A-4. Commitment--Finding required--Duration. If, after the hearing, the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is presently suffering from a mental disease or developmental disability, or other conditions set forth in § 23A-10A-1, rendering him mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense, the court shall commit the defendant to the custody of an approved facility having residential capability. The facility shall have custody and treat the defendant for such a reasonable period of time, not to exceed four months, as is necessary to determine whether there is a substantial probability that in the foreseeable future he will attain the capacity to permit the trial to proceed. No commitment may be made to an approved facility which is not owned by the state without first obtaining the consent of the administrator of the privately owned facility.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.2002; SDCL, § 23-38-2; SL 1978, ch 175, § 3; SL 1985, ch 192, § 39; SL 1991, ch 199, § 5.