{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-16-18-18","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 16-18-18","heading":"Attorney's duty to respect client's confidence.","body":"It is the duty of an attorney and counselor at law to maintain inviolate the confidence, and at any peril to himself to preserve the secret of his client.","path":["TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 16-18. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-18-18","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"63c6f0c838ffc74200e45cae6cd58eb5937fc2d74e0e7c8d39340bb82af74fa0","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-16-18-17","next":"us-sd/sdcl-16-18-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}