24-15-21. Director's warrant to arrest parolee or inmate--Suspension of parole supervision time--Time credited. If the executive director of the board is satisfied that any provision of § 24-15-20 or 24-15A-27 has been violated or an inmate under parole supervision in the community has escaped, the executive director may issue a warrant to the Department of Corrections, a law enforcement officer, or parole agent directing that the parolee or inmate named be arrested. Pursuant to the provisions of § 24-15-23, the parolee may be returned to the state penitentiary. Upon the issuance of the warrant, the running of the parole supervision time shall be suspended until the board has entered a final order on the revocation. The board shall credit the inmate with time spent in custody as a direct result of the parole violation.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.5306, 13.5307; SL 1955, ch 31, §§ 4, 5; SL 1964, ch 33, §§ 7, 8; SDCL §§ 23-60-22, 23-60-23; SL 1978, ch 186, § 31; SL 1986, ch 209; SL 1987, ch 13, § 7; SL 1992, ch 177, § 25; SL 2018, ch 151, § 2.