Failure to perform duty or account for fees as misdemeanor.

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7-12-28. Failure to perform duty or account for fees as misdemeanor.

Every sheriff who intentionally fails or refuses to perform any official duty for which a fee is prescribed by law, or who fails or refuses to render a full and true report to the county of all fees charged by his office, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1917, ch 190, §1; RC 1919, §5966; SDC 1939, §12.9911; SL 1978, ch 58, §4; SL 1981, ch 43, §6.


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