<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-11-28 - Counterfeit lien as a misdemeanor--Second offense a felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047057Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047057SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047057CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047057Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047057DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047057000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047057SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047057SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047057Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-28"><span class="s2047057SENU">22-11-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047057SENU">. </span><span class="s2047057CL">Counterfeit lien as a misdemeanor--Second offense a felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047057Normal-000000"><span class="s2047057DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who offers a counterfeit lien for filing, registering, or recording in a public office knowing or having reason to know that the lien is counterfeit is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section is a Class 6 felony. Lack of belief in the jurisdiction or authority of the state or of the United States is no defense to a prosecution under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047057Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047057000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047057Normal"><span class="s2047057SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047057SCL-000002"> SL 1997, ch 45, § 7; SL 2005, ch 120, § 225.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-11-28 - Counterfeit lien as a misdemeanor--Second offense a felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047058Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047058SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047058CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047058Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047058DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047058000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047058SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047058SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047058Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-28.1"><span class="s2047058SENU">22-11-28.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047058SENU">. </span><span class="s2047058CL">Offering false or forged instrument for filing, registering, or recording--Felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047058Normal-000000"><span class="s2047058DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who offers any false or forged instrument, knowing that the instrument is false or forged, for filing, registering, or recording in a public office, which instrument, if genuine, could be filed, registered, or recorded under any law of this state or of the United States, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047058Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047058000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047058Normal"><span class="s2047058SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047058SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 13.1245; SDCL, § 22-39-31; SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=39-5"><span class="s2047058SCL-000002">39-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047058SCL-000002">; SDCL Supp, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-39-39"><span class="s2047058SCL-000002">22-39-39</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047058SCL-000002">; SL 1978, ch 158, § 7; SDCL, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-23.1"><span class="s2047058SCL-000002">22-11-23.1</span></a><span class="s2047058SCL-000002">; SL 2005, ch 120, §§ 219, 226.</span></p></div></body></html>