<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 22-14A-20 - Placement of explosive or device as to endanger human life or safety--Felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047169Normal { 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.s2047169SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047169CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047169Normal-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.s2047169DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047169000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047169SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047169SCL-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="s2047169Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-14A-20"><span class="s2047169SENU">22-14A-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047169SENU">. </span><span class="s2047169CL">Placement of explosive or device as to endanger human life or safety--Felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047169Normal-000000"><span class="s2047169DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who takes into, upon, under, against, or near to any occupied or unoccupied structure, motor vehicle, street, highway, railway, bridge, dam, dike, or other structure, any explosive or destructive device, with intent to destroy or injure such structure, under circumstances that if such intent were accomplished, human life or safety would be endangered thereby, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that no damage is done.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047169Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047169000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047169Normal"><span class="s2047169SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047169SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 13.1603; SDCL, § 22-34-24; SL 1972, ch 140, § 17; SL 1976, ch 158, § 14A-12; SL 2005, ch 120, § 277.</span></p></div></body></html>