Section 23-5-3 - Criminal records of inmates of penal institutions--Procuring and filing.
23-5-3. Criminal records of inmates of penal institutions--Procuring and filing. The attorney general shall procure and file for record the fingerprint impressions and other means of identification and statistical information of all persons contained in any workhouse, jail, reformatory, penitentiary, or other penal institutions, together with such other information as he may require from the law enforcement officers of the state and its subdivisions.
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.1606; SL 1966, ch 161, § 5.