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.