7-12-15. Sheriff's salary schedule.
The board of county commissioners shall establish, by resolution, the salary payable to the sheriff. The salary payable may not be less than the following schedule based upon the most recent decennial federal census of population of counties.
| County Population | Salary Schedule |
| Below 10,000 | $41,256 |
| 10,000-14,999 | $44,723 |
| 15,000-24,999 | $46,110 |
| 25,000-69,999 | $51,657 |
| 70,000 and over | $56,163 |
The board of county commissioners may not decrease the salary of the sheriff during consecutive terms of office of the sheriff. Any sheriff having responsibility for managing a full-time jail shall receive an additional ten percent added to the base salary listed in this section.
Source: SDC 1939, §12.1011; SL 1947, ch 36; SL 1951, ch 23, §2; SL 1957, ch 21; SL 1959, ch 28; SL 1963, ch 40, §6; SL 1966, ch 23, §1; SL 1968, ch 13; SL 1969, ch 22; SL 1972, ch 44, §1; SL 1974, ch 62; SL 1975, ch 77, §1; SL 1977, ch 59, §3; SL 1978, ch 53, §5; SL 1979, ch 41, §1; SL 1980, ch 53, §3; SL 1981, ch 52; SL 1982, ch 61, §1; SL 1983, ch 39, §3; SL 1984, ch 44, §3; SL 1985, ch 46, §3; SL 1986, ch 63, §3A; SL 1988, ch 70, §1; SL 1991, ch 57, §1; SL 2002, ch 42, §§1, 3; SL 2007, ch 37, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; SL 2007, ch 37, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; SL 2013, ch 31, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; SL 2013, ch 31, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.