No practicing attorney and counselor at law shall be a surety in any suit or proceeding which may be instituted in any of the courts of this state. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 2 misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $500
For details, see § 22-6-2

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Source: SL 1872-3, ch 48, § 1; PolC 1877, ch 18, § 8; CL 1887, § 469; RPolC 1903, § 701; RC 1919, § 5265; Supreme Court Rule 16, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1204; SL 1979, ch 150, § 17.