{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-16-18-19","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 16-18-19","heading":"Attorney's duty to use truthful means.","body":"It is the duty of an attorney and counselor at law to employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to him, such means only as are consistent with truth, and never to seek to mislead the judges by any artifice or false statement of fact or law.","path":["TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 16-18. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-18-19","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"384f3bfb4a34774917647be9458cd87a203e33c173efa2f56ec5aa34153a955d","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-16-18-18","next":"us-sd/sdcl-16-18-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}