Sections 58-22-33, 58-22-34 - Giving or promising anything of value to public officials to secure settlement, remission, or reduction as felony. Giving anything of value to attorney in bail bond matte
58-22-33. Giving or promising anything of value to public officials to secure settlement, remission, or reduction as felony. No bail bondsperson or runner may pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to a jailer, police, peace officer, committing magistrate, or any other person who has power to arrest or hold in custody; or to any public official or public employee in order to secure a settlement, compromise, remission, or reduction of the amount of any bail bond or the forfeiture thereof. Violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.
Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §§ 15 (2), 27; SDCL, § 58-22-48; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2; SL 1998, ch 296, § 23.