Section 32-34-10 - Duty of law enforcement officer upon receipt of notice of accident--Reportto department. - South-dakota Statutes

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32-34-10. Duty of law enforcement officer upon receipt of notice of accident--Report to department. Every law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall, after receiving notice that an accident described in § 32-34-7 occurred, cause a notice to be affixed in a manner prescribed by the secretary of public safety to the vehicle damaged, indicating that the accident has been reported and the circumstances surrounding the accident are being investigated. The law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall forward to the Department of Public Safety, within three days after completion of the investigation of the accident, an investigator's report of the accident so reported.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0331; SL 1945, ch 190, § 1; SL 1953, ch 232, § 1; SL 1955, ch 172; SL 1957, ch 212, § 76; SL 1961, ch 226; SL 1967, ch 193; SL 1974, ch 229, § 1; SL 1977, ch 267, § 1; SL 1985, ch 399, § 21; SL 1985, ch 406, § 20; SL 1989, ch 256, § 38; SL 1998, ch 197, § 2; SL 2004, ch 17, § 145.

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32-34-10. Duty of law enforcement officer upon receipt of notice of accident--Report to department. Every law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall, after receiving notice that an accident described in § 32-34-7 occurred, cause a notice to be affixed in a manner prescribed by the secretary of public safety to the vehicle damaged, indicating that the accident has been reported and the circumstances surrounding the accident are being investigated. The law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall forward to the Department of Public Safety, within three days after completion of the investigation of the accident, an investigator's report of the accident so reported.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0331; SL 1945, ch 190, § 1; SL 1953, ch 232, § 1; SL 1955, ch 172; SL 1957, ch 212, § 76; SL 1961, ch 226; SL 1967, ch 193; SL 1974, ch 229, § 1; SL 1977, ch 267, § 1; SL 1985, ch 399, § 21; SL 1985, ch 406, § 20; SL 1989, ch 256, § 38; SL 1998, ch 197, § 2; SL 2004, ch 17, § 145.

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32-34-10. Duty of law enforcement officer upon receipt of notice of accident--Report to department. Every law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall, after receiving notice that an accident described in § 32-34-7 occurred, cause a notice to be affixed in a manner prescribed by the secretary of public safety to the vehicle damaged, indicating that the accident has been reported and the circumstances surrounding the accident are being investigated. The law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall forward to the Department of Public Safety, within three days after completion of the investigation of the accident, an investigator's report of the accident so reported.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0331; SL 1945, ch 190, § 1; SL 1953, ch 232, § 1; SL 1955, ch 172; SL 1957, ch 212, § 76; SL 1961, ch 226; SL 1967, ch 193; SL 1974, ch 229, § 1; SL 1977, ch 267, § 1; SL 1985, ch 399, § 21; SL 1985, ch 406, § 20; SL 1989, ch 256, § 38; SL 1998, ch 197, § 2; SL 2004, ch 17, § 145.