Evidence Preservation in South Dakota

State statute requires that upon receiving notice from the court, the attorney general must preserve all evidence collected in connection with an investigation or prosecution until the completion of the proceeding. Effective: 2009.

South Dakota’s statute does NOT meet the best practices standards outlined by the NIST Technical Working Group on Biological Evidence Preservation.

Read the statute.

 

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