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property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=0N-30-4"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113SENU">§ 4. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113CL">Acts that are not unlawful. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113Normal-000000"><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">Subject</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">limitations</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">this</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">article,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">following</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">acts</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">are</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">not</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">unlawful</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">shall</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">not</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">be an</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">offense</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">under</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">state</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">law</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">laws</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">any</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">local</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">government</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000002"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">within</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">state</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">subject</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">a </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">civil fine, penalty, or sanction, or be a basis for detention, search, or arrest, or to deny any right or privilege, or to seize or forfeit assets under state law or the laws of any local government, if the person is at least twenty-one years of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">age:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000003">(1)    </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">Possessing, using, ingesting, inhaling, processing, transporting, delivering</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000004"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">without</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber1-000005"><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">consideration,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">distributing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">without</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">consideration</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">one</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">ounce</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">less</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">marijuana,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">except that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">not</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">more</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">than</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">eight</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">grams</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">marijuana</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000004"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">concentrated</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000006"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">form;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000003">(2)    </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">Possessing, planting, cultivating, harvesting, drying, processing, or manufacturing not more than three marijuana plants and possessing the marijuana produced by the plants,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000007"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">provided:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000003">(a)    </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">The plants and any marijuana produced by the plants in excess of one ounce are kept at one private residence, are in a locked space, and are not visible by normal, unaided vision from a public</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000008"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">place;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000003">(b)    </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">Not</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">more</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">than</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">six</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">plants</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">are</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">kept</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">on</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">grounds</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">private</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">residence</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">at</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">one time;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000003">(c)    </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">The private residence is located within the jurisdiction of a local government where there is no licensed retail store where marijuana is available for purchase pursuant to this article;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000003">(3)    </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">Assisting another person who is at least twenty-one years of age, or allowing property to be used, in any of the acts permitted by this section;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000003">(4)    </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">Possessing,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">using,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">delivering,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">distributing,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">manufacturing,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">transferring,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">selling</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">persons twenty-one years of age or older marijuana</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">accessories.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113000009"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084113Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont-000010">History: </span><span class="s2084113DefaultParagraphFont">Proposed by initiated amendment (</span><span class="s2084113SCL">Constitutional Amendment A), approved Nov. 3, 2020, eff. Jul. 1, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html>