SDCL § 58-21-1: Qualifications of sole surety on official bonds.

Whenever any bond, undertaking, recognizance, or other obligation is by law, or the charter, ordinances, rules, or regulations of any municipality, board, body, organization, court, judge, or public officer, required or permitted to be made, given, tendered, or filed, with surety or sureties, and whenever the performance of any act, duty, or obligation, or the refraining from any act, is required or permitted to be guaranteed, such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance, or guaranty may be executed by a surety insurer qualified to act as surety or guarantor as provided in this chapter.