22-30A-4Theft by threat.

A person is guilty of theft if the person obtains property of another by threatening to:

(1)    Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any criminal offense;

(2)    Accuse anyone of a criminal offense;

(3)    Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to impair any person's credit or business repute;

(4)    Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action;

(5)    Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act;

(6)    Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or

(7)    Inflict any other harm which would not benefit the person making the threat.

Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.3901, 13.3902, 13.3907; SDCL, §§ 22-31-1, 22-31-2, 22-31-5; SL 1976, ch 158, § 30A-10; SL 2005, ch 120, § 53.