No bail bondsperson or runner may pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to a jailer, police, peace officer, committing magistrate, or any other person who has power to arrest or hold in custody; or to any public official or public employee in order to secure a settlement, compromise, remission, or reduction of the amount of any bail bond or the forfeiture thereof. Violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

Source: SL 1966, ch 111 , ch 31, §§ 15 (2), 27; SDCL, § 58-22-48 ; SL 1978, ch 359 , § 2; SL 1998, ch 296 , § 23.