A court services officer may issue a verbal or written order authorizing a law enforcement officer to aid a court services officer in making an arrest or taking a person into custody pursuant to § 23A-27-21.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-27-21.1

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 2005, ch 128, § 2.