Any adjudicated juvenile committed to the Department of Corrections is at all times within the jurisdiction of the department and considered in the custody of the department until discharged.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 26-11A-7

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Source: SL 1996, ch 172, § 57.