<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 22-19A-1 - Stalking--Violation as misdemeanor--Second or subsequent offense a felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2079763Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2079763SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079763CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2079763Statute { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2079763DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2079763StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2079763Statute-000000 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2079763000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079763DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079763SCL { 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="s2079763Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-19A-1"><span class="s2079763SENU">22-19A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763SENU">. </span><span class="s2079763CL">Stalking--Violation as misdemeanor--Second or subsequent offense a felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079763Statute"><span class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">No person may:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079763StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follow or harass another person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079763StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Make a credible threat to another person with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079763StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly harass another person by means of any verbal, electronic, digital media, mechanical, telegraphic, or written communication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079763Statute-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section constitutes the crime of stalking. Stalking is a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any second or subsequent conviction occurring within ten years of a prior conviction under this section is a Class 6 felony. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">Any conviction for, or plea of guilty to, an offense in another </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">state </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">which, if committed in this </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">state, would be a violation of this </span><span class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont">section and occurring within ten years prior to the date of the violation being charged, shall be used to determine if the violation being charged is a second or subsequent offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079763Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079763Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079763DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s2079763SCL">SL 1992, ch 162, § 1; SL 1993, ch 176, § 1; SL 1997, ch 132, § 1; SL 2001, ch 112, § 1; SL 2002, ch 109, § 5; SL 2006, ch 120, § 1; SL 2020, ch 83, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>