SDCL § 16-15-1: Action or arrest in improper name as misdemeanor.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY
- CHAPTER 16-15. CONTEMPT AND OFFENSES AGAINST THE JUDICIARY
Every person who maliciously institutes or prosecutes any action or legal proceeding, or makes or procures any arrest, in the name of a person who does not exist, or has not consented that it be instituted or made, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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