<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 22-42-3 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony--Mandatory sentences.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49Normal { 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.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49Statute { 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.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49NoIndent { 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.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49SCL { 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 22-42-3 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony--Mandatory sentences."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-42-3 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony--Mandatory sentences."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-42-3"><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="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-42-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49SENU">22-42-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49SENU">. </span><span class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49CL">Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony--Mandatory sentences.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49DefaultParagraphFont">Except as authorized by this chapter or chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20B" rel="noopener"><span class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49DefaultParagraphFont">34-20B</span></a><span class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49DefaultParagraphFont">, no person may manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled drug or substance listed in Schedule III; possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a substance listed in Schedule III; create or distribute a counterfeit substance listed in Schedule III; or possess with intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in Schedule III. A violation of this section is a Class 5 felony. However, the distribution of a substance listed in Schedule III to a minor is a Class 3 felony. A first conviction under this section shall be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility or county jail of at least thirty days, which sentence may not be suspended. A second or subsequent conviction under this section shall be punished by a mandatory state correctional facility or county jail sentence of at least one year, which sentence may not be suspended. However, a first conviction for distribution to a minor under this section shall be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility or county jail of at least ninety days, which sentence may not be suspended. A second or subsequent conviction for distribution to a minor under this section shall be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility of at least two years, which sentence may not be suspended. A civil penalty may be imposed, in addition to any criminal penalty, upon a conviction of a violation of this section not to exceed ten thousand dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s55f758e2d20c43e9bc1b67575d314f49SCL">SL 1970, ch 229, § 10 (a) (1), (2), (b) (2); SL 1971, ch 225, § 2; SDCL Supp, §§ 39-17-88, 39-17-89, 39-17-91; SL 1976, ch 158, § 42-3; SL 1977, ch 189, § 90; SL 1982, ch 179, § 2; SL 1983, ch 178, § 2; SL 1986, ch 185, § 2; SL 2013, ch 101, § 56; SL 2023, ch 82, § 15.</span></p></div></body></html>