<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 22-30A-17 - Grand theft--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcNormal { 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.sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Is livestock, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-61-1" rel="noopener"><span class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcDefaultParagraphFont">21-61-1</span></a><span class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcDefaultParagraphFont">, with a value of less than or equal to two thousand five hundred dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcStatute"><span class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcDefaultParagraphFont">Grand theft is a Class 5 felony if the value of the property is more than two thousand five hundred dollars but less than or equal to five thousand dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcStatute"><span class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcDefaultParagraphFont">Grand theft is a Class 4 felony if the value of the property is more than five thousand dollars but less than or equal to one hundred thousand dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcStatute"><span class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcDefaultParagraphFont">Grand theft is a Class 3 felony if the value of the property is more than one hundred thousand dollars but less than or equal to five hundred thousand dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffc000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcDefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="sbc7c70704aba4d3c80c311f396535ffcSCL">SDC 1939, §§ 13.3802 to 13.3803, 13.4008; SL 1959, ch 39; SL 1961, ch 40; SDCL §§ 22-37-2, 22-37-3, 22-37-6, 22-38-12; SL 1976, ch 158, § 30A-3; SL 1977, ch 189, §§ 63, 64; SL 1978, ch 158, § 72; SL 1982, ch 178; SL 1990, ch 165, § 2; SL 1997, ch 139, § 1; SL 2001, ch 114, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 67; SL 2013, ch 101, § 60; SL 2013, ch 110, § 1; SL 2025, ch 173, § 1.</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 22-30A-17 - Grand theft--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047600Normal { 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.s2047600SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047600CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047600Normal-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.s2047600DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047600000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047600SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047600SCL-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="s2047600Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-30A-17.1"><span class="s2047600SENU">22-30A-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047600SENU">. </span><span class="s2047600CL">Aggravated grand theft--Felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047600Normal-000000"><span class="s2047600DefaultParagraphFont">Theft is aggravated grand theft, if the value of the property stolen exceeds five hundred thousand dollars. Aggravated grand theft is a Class 2 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047600Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047600000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047600Normal"><span class="s2047600SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047600SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 120, § 68; SL 2013, ch 101, § 61.</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 22-30A-17 - Grand theft--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047601Normal { 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.s2047601SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047601CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047601Normal-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.s2047601DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047601000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047601SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047601SCL-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="s2047601Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-30A-17.2"><span class="s2047601SENU">22-30A-17.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047601SENU">. </span><span class="s2047601CL">Petty theft in the first degree--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047601Normal-000000"><span class="s2047601DefaultParagraphFont">Theft is petty theft in the first degree, if the value of the property stolen exceeds four hundred dollars but does not exceed one thousand dollars. Petty theft in the first degree is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047601Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047601000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047601Normal"><span class="s2047601SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047601SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 120, § 69.</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 22-30A-17 - Grand theft--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047602Normal { 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.s2047602SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047602CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047602Normal-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.s2047602DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047602000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047602SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047602SCL-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="s2047602Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-30A-17.3"><span class="s2047602SENU">22-30A-17.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047602SENU">. </span><span class="s2047602CL">Petty theft in the second degree--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047602Normal-000000"><span class="s2047602DefaultParagraphFont">Theft is petty theft in the second degree, if the value of the property stolen is four hundred dollars or less. Petty theft in the second degree is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047602Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047602000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047602Normal"><span class="s2047602SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047602SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 120, § 70.</span></p></div></body></html>