37-21-21. Assistance of law enforcement--Prosecution of violations.
The secretary and any deputy, assistant, or inspector may request the assistance of local law enforcement in the arrest of any violator of law in relation to weights and measures, enter a complaint before any court of competent jurisdiction, and seize and use as evidence, without formal warrant, any false or unsealed weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device or package or amount of commodities found to be used, retained, or offered or exposed for sale or sold in violation of law.
Source: SDC 1939, §63.0101; SL 2004, ch 17, §258; SL 2006, ch 187, §16; SL 2016, ch 183, §32.