SDCL § 23A-6-30: (Rule 9(c)(2)) Return of warrant or summons to court--Cancellation or delivery to another of unexecuted warrant or summons.

A law enforcement officer executing a warrant shall make return thereof to the court. At the request of a prosecuting attorney any unexecuted warrant may be returned and canceled by the court. On or before the return day the person to whom a summons was delivered for service shall make a return thereof. At the request of a prosecuting attorney made at any time while an indictment is pending, a warrant returned unexecuted and not canceled or a summons returned unserved, or a duplicate thereof, may be delivered to a law enforcement officer or other person for execution or service.

Source: SL 1978, ch 178, § 89; SL 1999, ch 121, § 5.