<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-22-1.5 - Definitions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caNormal { 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.s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caSCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 22-22-1.5 - Definitions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-22-1.5 - Definitions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-22-1.5"><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="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-22-1.5" rel="noopener"><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caSENU">22-22-1.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caSENU">. </span><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caCL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caStatute"><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caDefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caStatuteNumber1"><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Consent," a person's positive cooperation in act or attitude pursuant to the person's exercise of free will;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caStatuteNumber1"><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Force," the use of physical effort sufficient to overcome, restrain, injure, or prevent escape;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caStatuteNumber1"><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Mental incapacity," a mental or developmental disease or disability that renders a person incapable of appraising the nature of the person's conduct; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caStatuteNumber1"><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Physical incapacity," a person's incapability of resisting because the person is unconscious, asleep, or is subject to another physical condition that prevents the person from giving consent or resisting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952ca000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s7f204cbb16ea4af3bbf22852746952caSCL">SL 2023, ch 71, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>