16-15-1. Action or arrest in improper name as misdemeanor.
Every person who maliciously institutes or prosecutes any action or legal proceeding, or makes or procures any arrest, in the name of a person who does not exist, or has not consented that it be instituted or made, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: PenC 1877, §220; CL 1887, §6420; RPenC 1903, §224; RC 1919, §3810; SDC 1939, §13.1205; SL 1979, ch 150, §5.