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Enter the text to search for and click Search to get a list of statutes containing the text you entered. Tips:
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  • Logical Operators are allowed. Hunting and Fishing will return statutes that containing both hunting and fishing. Hunting or Fishing will return statutes that contain hunting, fishing, or both.
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The Filter option allows you to narrow your search results to a specific Title or Chapter. Here is a tip for using the filter option.
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Type the Statute number you are looking for in the form Title-Chapter-Section . Examples(1-1-1.1, 27A-11A-12, etc.)

The Get Statute button can be used to locate a specific statute. You may type in a title, chapter, or section number. Example: typing 1 will return the chapter list for Title 1, typing 1-1 will return the section list for chapter 1-1, typing 1-1-1 will return section 1-1-1 of the statutes.

The Get Chapter button can be used to load a complete chapter of the statutes. This function requires a title and a chapter number. Examples: 1-1, 57A-1, 1-3
 
     40-22-13.   Violation of chapter or falsification of records as felony. Any person who intentionally falsifies any of the records required by this chapter is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

Source: SL 1939, ch 151, § 6; SL 1955, ch 140, § 6; SDC Supp 1960, § 40.9930; SL 1977, ch 190, § 521; SL 1991, ch 186, § 23.

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