The date on which an inmate is sentenced is the sentence commence date unless the judgment of conviction specifies a different commence date or the convicted person has been released from custody pending actual arrival at a department facility, in which case the date the person is received at the facility is the commence date. Court-ordered jail time credit is subtracted from the sentence commence date.

Source: 24 SDR 44, effective October 14, 1997.

General Authority: SDCL 1-15-20.

Law Implemented: SDCL 24-2-1 , 24-15A-6.