{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-19-19-508","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 19-19-508","heading":"Confidential communications to public officer.","body":"A public officer cannot be examined as to communications made to him in an official confidence, when the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.","path":["TITLE 19. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 19-19. SOUTH DAKOTA RULES OF EVIDENCE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/19-19-508","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"384ddf0bac530eb4dc36cb3848bdac1a63f500194161676d04b0816f7c8b740f","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-19-19-507","next":"us-sd/sdcl-19-19-508.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}