Section 19-13-21 - (Rule 508) Privileged disclosures to public officers.
19-13-21. (Rule 508) Privileged disclosures to public officers. A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to him in an official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 499, subdiv 4; CL 1887, § 5313, subdiv 4; RCCivP 1903, § 538, subdiv 4; RC 1919, § 2730 (4); SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0101 (5); SDCL, § 19-2-5; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 508.