6-1-5. Failure of local officer to make official report--Procurement of information at expense of political subdivision.
In any case where any county, municipality, civil township, or school district officer who is required by law to make an official report to any other county, municipality, civil township, or school corporation officer, board, tribunal, or state officer, and who shall willfully fail or neglect to make such report, or fail to perform such official duty, within the time required by law or at least five days thereafter or such longer time as may be specifically stated in such request, the proper official, department, board, or commission to whom such report was required to be made or who shall be authorized to request the same, shall be authorized to procure such required or requested information at the expense of the political subdivision required to furnish the same.
Source: SL 1891, ch 98, §1; RPolC 1903, §980; RC 1919, §7064; SDC 1939, §48.0702; SL 1945, ch 212, §1; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.