# S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-2: Contents and sources for case histories

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-2
- **Heading:** Contents and sources for case histories
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 24 / Chapter 15 / Section 24-15-2

## Text

The executive director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles in preparing each case history shall:

(1) Adopt and implement a procedure by which a report shall be completed to contain the life history of each inmate;

(2) Receive from the Department of Corrections a copy of the true record of each inmate which specifies each infraction of rules and the disciplinary action taken; and

(3) Enlist the services of any sheriff, state's attorney, circuit judge, or other officer who may have knowledge concerning each inmate, or circumstances surrounding the commission of the crime for which the inmate was sentenced, or the inmate's previous history.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.5304 as added by SL 1955, ch 31, § 2; SL 1964, ch 33, § 6; SDCL, § 23-60-3; SL 1978, ch 186, § 17; SL 1992, ch 177, § 17; SL 2004, ch 168, § 53.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-1 Files and case histories of inmates--Purposes--Access to file](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-1.1 Parole defined--Prisoner not required to accept parole--No right to parole](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-1.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-1.2 Prior felonies--Determination and effect on parole eligibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-1.2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-2 Contents and sources for case histories](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-3 Establishment of date of parole consideration eligibility--Change--Hearing--Completion of history--Findings regarding inmate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-4 Inmate sentenced to life imprisonment ineligible for parole--Exception](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-4.1 Inmate sentenced to term of imprisonment ineligible for parole--Exception--No discharge credit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-4.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-4.2 Inmate sentenced to term of imprisonment ineligible for parole--Exception--Limited discharge credit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-4.2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-5 Time of eligibility for parole](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-5.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-6 Effect of concurrent sentences on eligibility for parole](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-7 Effect of consecutive sentences on eligibility for consideration for parole](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-7.1 Effect of consecutive sentence for offense committed as an inmate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-7.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-8 Right of eligible inmate to hearing before board--Decline of parole--Waiver of hearing--Criteria for parole](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-9 Transfer of inmate to Human Services Center--Return to correctional facility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T24_C15_S24-15-9.md)

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