22-30A-10. Embezzlement of property received in trust.Any person, who has been entrusted with the property of another and who, with intent to defraud, appropriates such property to a use or purpose not in the due and lawful execution of his or her trust, is guilty of theft. A distinct act of taking is not necessary to constitute theft pursuant to this section. Source: SDC 1939, §§13.1236, 13.1305, 13.4001, 13.4003 to 13.4007; SDCL, §§3-16-4, 3-16-5, 22-38-1 to 22-38-7; SL 1976, ch 158, §30A-15; SL 1977, ch 189, §61; SL 2005, ch 120, §59.
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