South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-49-22. Seized property–Searchable website or spreadsheet
The attorney general shall establish and maintain a searchable public website or electronic spreadsheet that includes the following information about each property seized and forfeited:
(1) Name of the law enforcement agency that seized the property or, if seized by a multijurisdictional state task force, the name of the lead state agency;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-49-22
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(2) Forfeiture case file number;
(3) County;
(4) Arresting agency;
(5) Seizure date;
(6) Location of the seizure, whether a residence, business, event, or traffic stop;
(7) If a traffic stop on an interstate, the direction of the traffic flow, whether eastbound, westbound, southbound or northbound;
(8) Type and amount of controlled substance;
(9) Original criminal charge;
(10) Final criminal charge;
(11) Date of summons and complaint filed;
(12) Date of summons and complaint served or last date of publication;
(13) Whether the defendant or property owner defaulted on the forfeiture complaint, and if no default occurred, the date of civil answer filed by the defendant or property owner;
(14) Whether an innocent-owner claimant or creditor moved to regain the property;
(15) Date of default civil judgment;
(16) Date of summary judgment;
(17) Date of civil dismissal;
(18) Date of order of civil forfeiture;
(19) Dollar amount of seized currency;
(20) Description of seized property, other than currency, including make, model, and year;
(21) Estimated value of seized property other than currency;
(22) Date of case completion;
(23) Dollar amount of forfeited currency after case completion;
(24) Description of forfeited property, other than currency, after case completion;
(25) Estimated value of forfeited property, other than currency, after case completion;
(26) Whether the property was returned to the defendant or property owner, returned to the innocent-owner claimant or creditor, bought back, sold, destroyed, retained or disbursed to law enforcement agency, or pending disposition; and
(27) Case comments.
Source: SL 2022, ch 76, § 2.