<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 22-42-4 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222Normal { 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.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222Statute { 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.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222NoIndent { 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.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 22-42-4 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-42-4 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-42-4"><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="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-42-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222SENU">22-42-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222SENU">. </span><span class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222CL">Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222DefaultParagraphFont">Except as authorized by this chapter or chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20B" rel="noopener"><span class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222DefaultParagraphFont">34-20B</span></a><span class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222DefaultParagraphFont">, no person may manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled drug or substance listed in Schedule IV; possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a substance listed in Schedule IV; create or distribute a counterfeit substance listed in Schedule IV; or possess with intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in Schedule IV. A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony. However, the distribution of a substance listed in Schedule IV to a minor is a Class 4 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. 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a violation of this section with respect to distribution of Flunitrazepam to a minor is a Class 4 felony, but in all other cases under this section is a Class 5 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s44bb3c88cd244fe48a68c25a048a9222SCL">SL 1970, ch 229, § 10 (a) (1), (2), (b) (3); SL 1973, ch 261; SDCL Supp, §§ 39-17-88, 39-17-89, 39-17-92; SL 1976, ch 158, § 42-4; SL 1977, ch 189, § 91; SL 1982, ch 179, § 3; SL 1983, ch 178, § 3; SL 1986, ch 185, § 3; SL 1999, ch 174, § 3; SL 2013, ch 101, § 57; SL 2023, ch 82, § 16.</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 22-42-4 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047731Normal { 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.s2047731SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047731Normal-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.s2047731DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731SCL-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="s2047731Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-42-4.1"><span class="s2047731SENU">22-42-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047731SENU">. </span><span class="s2047731CL">Prescription required to dispense Schedule III or Schedule IV substance--Refill restricted--Felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047731Normal-000000"><span class="s2047731DefaultParagraphFont">Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than a pharmacist, to an ultimate user, no controlled drug or substance included in Schedule III or Schedule IV may be dispensed without a written or oral prescription. Such prescription may not be filled or refilled more than six months after the date thereof or be refilled more than five times after the date of the prescription, unless renewed by the practitioner. A violation of this section is a Class 5 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047731Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047731000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047731Normal"><span class="s2047731SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047731SCL-000002"> SL 1970, ch 229, § 9 (1); SL 1971, ch 224, § 3; SDCL Supp, §§ 39-17-84, 39-17-85; SL 1974, ch 268, § 1; SL 1977, ch 189, § 82.</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 22-42-4 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047732Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047732Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-42-4.2"><span class="s2047732SENU">22-42-4.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047732SENU">. </span><span class="s2047732CL">Schedule II, III, or IV substances to be distributed only for a medical purpose.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047732Normal-000000"><span class="s2047732DefaultParagraphFont">No controlled drug or substance included in Schedule II, III, or IV may be distributed or dispensed other than for a medical purpose.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047732Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047732000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047732Normal"><span class="s2047732SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047732SCL-000002"> SL 1970, ch 229, § 9 (m); SDCL Supp, § 39-17-85; SL 1977, ch 189, § 83; SL 1980, ch 178.</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 22-42-4 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eNormal { 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.sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; 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margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eSCL { 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 22-42-4.3 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting, or possession of methamphetamine as felony--Mandatory sentences."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-42-4.3 - Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting, or possession of methamphetamine as felony--Mandatory sentences."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-42-4.3"><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="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-42-4.3" rel="noopener"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eSENU">22-42-4.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eSENU">. </span><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eCL">Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting, or possession of methamphetamine as felony--Mandatory sentences.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">Except as authorized by this section or chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20B" rel="noopener"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">34-20B</span></a><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">, no person may manufacture, distribute, or dispense more than five grams of methamphetamine, a methamphetamine analog or immediate precursor; possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense methamphetamine, a methamphetamine analog or immediate precursor; create or distribute a counterfeit of methamphetamine, a methamphetamine analog or immediate precursor; or possess with intent to distribute a counterfeit of methamphetamine, a methamphetamine analog or immediate precursor. A violation of this section is a Class 3 felony. However, a violation of this section is a Class 2 felony if the person is in possession of three or more of the following:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Three hundred dollars or more in cash;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A firearm, or other weapon pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-14-6" rel="noopener"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">22-14-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-14-15" rel="noopener"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">22-14-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-14-15" rel="noopener"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">22-14-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">.1, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-14-15" rel="noopener"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">22-14-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">.3, and subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-1-2" rel="noopener"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">22-1-2</span></a><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">(8);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Bulk materials used for the packaging of methamphetamine;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Materials used to manufacture methamphetamine including recipes, precursor chemicals, laboratory equipment, lighting, ventilating or power generating equipment; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Drug transaction records or customer lists.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatute"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">A first conviction under this section shall be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility of at least one year, which sentence may not be suspended. A second or subsequent conviction under this section shall be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility of at least ten years, which sentence may not be suspended.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatute"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">The manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of methamphetamine, a methamphetamine analog or immediate precursor to a minor is a Class 1 felony. A first conviction for distribution to a minor under this section shall be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility of at least five years, 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 fifteen years, which sentence may not be suspended.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatute"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">Probation, suspended imposition of sentence, or suspended execution of sentence, may not form the basis for reducing the mandatory time of incarceration required by this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eStatute"><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont">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. A conviction for the purposes of the mandatory sentence provisions of this chapter is the acceptance by a court of any plea, other than not guilty, including nolo contendere, or a finding of guilt by a jury or court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23e000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sf67f5e26592f4e559b09d371e7a8c23eSCL">SL 2018, ch 137, § 1; SL 2023, ch 82, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html>