<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 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4Normal { text-align: center; 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.s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4Normal-000000 { 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.s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4B { margin-left: 1.38in; text-indent: -1.38in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS"><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-35"><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="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4Normal"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4HG4C">CRIMINAL TRESPASS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont"> to 22-</span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">35-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">35-4</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">    Criminal trespass--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">    Entering or refusing to leave property after notice--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">    Affirmative defenses to unlawful occupancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">    Defiance of emergency management order restricting area--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s84623aafd0474b2d8abed0227e837ee4DefaultParagraphFont">    Misrepresentation of a service animal--Public accommodation--Penalty.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS22-35-1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 22-35-1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 22-35-1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 22-35-1 to 22-35-4. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158, &#167;&nbsp;35-4<p> </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 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2081172Normal { 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.s2081172SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081172CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2081172Statute { 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.s2081172DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081172000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081172DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081172SCL { 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="s2081172Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-35-5"><span class="s2081172SENU">22-35-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081172SENU">. </span><span class="s2081172CL">Criminal trespass--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081172Statute"><span class="s2081172DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who, knowing that he or she is not privileged to do so, enters or remains in any building or structure surreptitiously, or enters or remains in any critical infrastructure facility, is guilty of criminal trespass. Criminal trespass is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081172Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081172000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081172Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081172DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2081172SCL">SL 1976, ch 158, § 35-1; SL 1984, ch 170, § 2; SL 2005, ch 120, § 289; SL 2020, ch 79, § 2.</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 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047674Normal { 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.s2047674SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047674CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047674Normal-000000 { 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.s2047674DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047674Normal-000001 { 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; } span.s2047674000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047674SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047674SCL-000003 { 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="s2047674Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-35-6"><span class="s2047674SENU">22-35-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047674SENU">. </span><span class="s2047674CL">Entering or refusing to leave property after notice--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047674Normal-000000"><span class="s2047674DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who, knowing that he or she is not privileged to do so, enters or remains in any place where notice against trespass is given by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047674Normal-000001"><span class="s2047674DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Actual communication to the person who subsequently commits the trespass;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047674Normal-000001"><span class="s2047674DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of trespassers; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047674Normal-000001"><span class="s2047674DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Fencing or other enclosure which a reasonable person would recognize as being designed to exclude trespassers;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047674Normal"><span class="s2047674DefaultParagraphFont">is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, if such trespasser defies an order to leave, personally communicated to him or her by the owner of the premises or by any other authorized person, the trespasser is guilty of criminal trespass, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047674Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047674000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047674Normal"><span class="s2047674SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047674SCL-000003"> SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-2"><span class="s2047674SCL-000003">35-2</span></a><span class="s2047674SCL-000003">; SL 1977, ch 189, § 71; SL 2005, ch 120, § 290.</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 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047675Normal { 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.s2047675SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047675CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047675Normal-000000 { 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.s2047675DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047675Normal-000001 { 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; } span.s2047675000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047675SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047675SCL-000003 { 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="s2047675Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-35-7"><span class="s2047675SENU">22-35-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047675SENU">. </span><span class="s2047675CL">Affirmative defenses to unlawful occupancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047675Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047675DefaultParagraphFont">It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-35-5"><span class="s2047675DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047675DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-35-6"><span class="s2047675DefaultParagraphFont">22-35-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047675DefaultParagraphFont"> that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047675Normal-000001"><span class="s2047675DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The premises were at the time open to members of the public and the person complied with all lawful conditions imposed concerning access to or the privilege of remaining on the premises; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047675Normal-000001"><span class="s2047675DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The person reasonably believed that the owner of the premises, or other person permitted to license access to the premises, would have permitted him or her to enter or remain.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047675Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047675000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047675Normal"><span class="s2047675SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047675SCL-000003"> SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-3"><span class="s2047675SCL-000003">35-3</span></a><span class="s2047675SCL-000003">; SL 1977, ch 189, § 72; SL 2005, ch 120, § 291.</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 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047676Normal { 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.s2047676SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047676CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047676Normal-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.s2047676DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047676000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047676SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047676SCL-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="s2047676Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-35-8"><span class="s2047676SENU">22-35-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047676SENU">. </span><span class="s2047676CL">Defiance of emergency management order restricting area--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047676Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047676DefaultParagraphFont">If a person defies an order issued pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-48A"><span class="s2047676DefaultParagraphFont">34-48A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047676DefaultParagraphFont"> not to enter an area defined in that chapter and a notice not to enter is posted, the person is guilty of criminal trespass. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047676Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047676000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047676Normal"><span class="s2047676SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047676SCL-000002"> SL 2017, ch 42, § 5, eff. Mar. 13, 2017.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 22-35 - CRIMINAL TRESPASS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097Normal { 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.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097Statute { 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.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097SCL { 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 22-35-9 - Misrepresentation of a service animal--Public accommodation--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-35-9 - Misrepresentation of a service animal--Public accommodation--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-35-9"><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="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-35-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097SENU">22-35-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097SENU">. </span><span class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097CL">Misrepresentation of a service animal--Public accommodation--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097Statute"><span class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097DefaultParagraphFont">An individual may not, directly or indirectly through statements or conduct, intentionally misrepresent an animal in that individual's possession as a service animal in any place of public accommodation to obtain any rights or privileges available to an individual who qualifies for a service animal under state or federal law, knowing that the individual is not entitled to those rights or privileges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097Statute"><span class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097Statute"><span class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, "service animal" means a dog that is trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, as set forth in 28 C.F.R. § 36.104 (January 1, 2026), provided the work or tasks performed by the dog are directly related to the individual's disability. The crime deterrent effects of a dog's presence and the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s9048e84bec6a48329efd2c8aeda5e097SCL">SL 2026, ch 110, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>