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Senate passes bill letting sheriffs charge optional fees, mileage for service of process
Summary
The South Dakota Senate on Jan. 23 passed Senate Bill 5, allowing counties to authorize sheriffs to charge an optional fee up to $50 and a mileage option (fixed $10 or $0.08 per mile) for service of process to reduce taxpayer subsidy of private collection activity.
The South Dakota Senate on Jan. 23 passed Senate Bill 5, an amended measure that gives county sheriffs the option to charge a fee for satisfied or unsatisfied service of process.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Duhamel, told colleagues the change is intended to stop taxpayers from subsidizing out-of-state private collection firms that send unservable papers and rely on sheriff offices to absorb the cost. “This is asking…
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