It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any chief of police or other policeman receiving a salary for services to charge or receive any fee or compensation for the service of any process issued out of any court of this state in any criminal case.

Source: SL 1911, ch 155 , § 3; RC 1919, § 6304; SDC 1939, § 45.1135; SL 1981, ch 43 , § 19.