Source: http://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=StatuteChapter&Statute=3-1
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 12:16:18+00:00

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3-1-1 Officers to qualify as provided by chapters--Reelected incumbents.
3-1-1.1 Draft registration compliance required for hiring.
3-1-2 Time of commencement of term of office.
3-1-3 Time allowed for qualification after decision of contest or removal of obstruction.
3-1-5 Oath of office for civil officers--Bond.
3-1-8 Acting as officer without qualifying as misdemeanor--Validity of acts of de facto officer.
3-1-9 Falsely pretending to be public officer as misdemeanor.
3-1-1. Officers to qualify as provided by chapters--Reelected incumbents. Except when otherwise expressly provided all civil officers shall qualify substantially in the manner and form prescribed by this chapter and chapter 3-5. When the incumbent of an office is reelected he shall qualify as required in such chapters.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 5, §§ 1, 13; CL 1887, §§ 1370, 1383; RPolC 1903, §§ 1787, 1800; RC 1919, §§ 7024, 7037; SDC 1939, §§ 48.0301, 48.0316.
3-1-1.1. Draft registration compliance required for hiring. No person who is required by the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. § 453, as amended and in effect on January 1, 2012, to register with the selective service system and who has not done so, may be hired by the state or a county, township, municipality, school district, or any other governmental unit or department in any capacity.
Source: SL 1988, ch 159, § 3; SL 2012, ch 23, § 9.
3-1-2. (Text of section effective until December 12, 2018) Time of commencement of term of office. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all state, district, and county officers shall qualify and enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday of January succeeding their election or within twenty days thereafter.
(Text of section effective December 12, 2018) Except as otherwise expressly provided, all state, district, and county officers shall qualify and enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday of January succeeding their election or within twenty days thereafter. However, a state officer may qualify and enter upon the duties of office on the Saturday immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January that succeeds the state officer's election.
Source: CL 1887, § 1380; SL 1897, ch 109, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1797; RC 1919, § 7033; SDC 1939, § 48.0312; SL 2018 (SS), ch 1, § 1, eff. Dec. 12, 2018.
3-1-3. Time allowed for qualification after decision of contest or removal of obstruction. If there is a contest for such office, or if the person elected to such office is prevented or obstructed in any manner from entering upon the duties of such office, the time prescribed in which he shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office shall not govern, and he shall be allowed twenty days after the day of such decision or the termination of such preventing or obstructing cause in which to qualify.
Source: SL 1874-5, ch 73, § 2; PolC 1877, ch 5, § 11; CL 1887, § 1381; RPolC 1903, § 1798; RC 1919, § 7034; SDC 1939, § 48.0313.
3-1-4. Repealed by SL 1989, ch 30, § 10.
3-1-5. Oath of office for civil officers--Bond. Every person elected or appointed to any civil office shall, before entering upon the duties thereof, qualify by taking an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and faithfully to discharge the duties of his office, naming it; and by giving a bond, when one is required, conditioned that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office, naming it, and render a true account of all money, credits, accounts, and public personal property requiring inventory, as defined in rules issued by the commissioner of the bureau of administration, that shall come into his hands as such officer, and pay over and deliver the same according to law.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 5, §§ 2 to 4; CL 1887, § 1371; RPolC 1903, §§ 1788, 1789; RC 1919, § 7025; SDC 1939, § 48.0302; SL 1974, ch 55, § 1; SL 1975, ch 32.
3-1-6. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 55, § 50.
3-1-8. Acting as officer without qualifying as misdemeanor--Validity of acts of de facto officer. Every person who executes any of the functions of a public office without having taken and duly filed the required oath of office, or without having executed and duly filed the required security, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, he forfeits his right to the office. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the validity of acts done by a person exercising the functions of a public office in fact, where other persons than himself are interested in maintaining the validity of such acts.
Source: PenC 1877, §§ 96, 97; CL 1887, §§ 6296, 6297; RPenC 1903, §§ 101, 102; RC 1919, §§ 3684, 3685; SDC 1939, § 13.1102; SL 1980, ch 24, § 30.
3-1-9. Falsely pretending to be public officer as misdemeanor. Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be any public executive or administrative officer, or who shall knowingly take upon himself to act as such, or to require any person to act as such, or assist him in any matter pertaining to such office, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: PenC 1877, § 98; CL 1887, § 6298; RPenC 1903, § 103; RC 1919, § 3686; SDC 1939, § 13.1105; SL 1980, ch 24, § 31.
3-1-10. Definitions. The terms "office," "officer," "executive," and "administrative," when used in § 3-1-8 or 3-1-9 mean and apply to any executive or administrative officer of the state; to any county, municipality, township, or school district; and to any district, board, bureau, commission, department, or other body or office, exercising executive or administrative powers as part of the government, or any arm of the government, of the state. The terms "executive" and "administrative" apply interchangeably to any or all of said offices.
Source: SL 1985, ch 15, § 13; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.

References: § 453
 § 3
 § 9
 § 1380
 § 1
 § 1797
 § 7033
 § 48
 § 1
 § 2
 § 11
 § 1381
 § 1798
 § 7034
 § 48
 § 10
 § 1371
 § 7025
 § 48
 § 1
 § 50
 § 13
 § 30
 § 98
 § 6298
 § 103
 § 3686
 § 13
 § 31
 § 3
 § 13
 § 2