22-12A-3. Unlawful appointments or employments void--Official acts not invalidated by subsequent conviction.
Any appointment or employment to a public office made contrary to §22-12A-1 or 22-12A-2 is void. However, no official act performed prior to conviction of any offense prohibited by such sections is invalid.
Source: SDC 1939, §13.1110; SDCL, §3-15-8; SL 1976, ch 158, §12A-3; SL 2005, ch 120, §331.