SDCL § 23A-42-5: Tolling of limitation period while defendant out of state.

If when or after the offense is committed the defendant is out of the state, the indictment, information, or complaint may be filed within the period prescribed by §§ 23A-42-1 to 23A-42-3, inclusive, after his coming within the state, and no time during which the defendant is not an inhabitant within the state is part of the limitation.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.0704; SDCL, § 23-8-6; SL 1978, ch 178, § 504.