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/><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047803Normal { 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.s2047803SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047803CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047803Normal-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.s2047803DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047803Normal-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.s2047803000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047803SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047803SCL-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="s2047803Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-48-1"><span class="s2047803SENU">22-48-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803SENU">. </span><span class="s2047803CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal-000000"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal-000001"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Convicted," includes a finding of guilt, whether or not the adjudication of guilt is stayed or executed, an unwithdrawn judicial admission of guilt or guilty plea, a no contest plea, a judgment of conviction, an adjudication as a delinquent child, or an admission to a juvenile delinquency petition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal-000001"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Course of criminal conduct," includes the acts or omissions of the perpetrator in carrying out the crime of which convicted or of a victim in resisting criminal conduct;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Crime," includes an offense named in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-3"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-11-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-4"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-11-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-6"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-11-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-9.1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-11-9.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-16-4"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-16-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-16-7"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-16-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-16-15"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-16-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-16-20"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-16-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-18-1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-18-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-18-1.1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-18-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-19-1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-19-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-19A-1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-19A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-19A-2"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-19A-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-22-1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-22-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-22-7"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-22-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-30-1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-30-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-30A-4"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-30A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-32-1"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-32-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-32-3"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-32-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-32-8"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-32-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-33"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">22-33</span></a><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">, or an attempt to commit any of these offenses. The term includes a crime in other states which would have been within this definition if the crime had been committed in this state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal-000001"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Perpetrator," any person who has been convicted of a crime as defined in subdivision (3);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal-000001"><span class="s2047803DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Victim," a person who was the object of a perpetrator's criminal conduct and includes a person at the scene of an emergency who gives reasonable assistance to another person who is exposed to or has suffered grave physical harm.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047803Normal"><span class="s2047803SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047803SCL-000003"> SL 1998, ch 124, § 1; SL 2003, ch 130, § 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 22-48 - VICTIM IMMUNITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047804Normal { 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.s2047804SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047804CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047804Normal-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.s2047804DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047804000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047804SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047804SCL-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="s2047804Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-48-2"><span class="s2047804SENU">22-48-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047804SENU">. </span><span class="s2047804CL">Perpetrator's assumption of risk--Victim immune from liability--Victim's duty--Exception.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047804Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047804DefaultParagraphFont">A perpetrator assumes the risk of loss, injury, or death resulting from or arising out of a course of criminal conduct involving a crime, as defined in this chapter, engaged in by the perpetrator or a person who aids or abets the perpetrator, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-3-3"><span class="s2047804DefaultParagraphFont">22-3-3</span></a><span class="s2047804DefaultParagraphFont">, and the crime victim is immune from and not liable for any damages as a result of acts or omissions of the victim if the victim used reasonable force. However, the perpetrator's assumption of risk does not eliminate the crime victim's duty to protect against conditions upon the premises which the crime victim knows or has reason to know may create an unreasonable risk of harm or which may cause a foreseeable trespass by minors, nor does the assumption of risk apply to perpetrators who are mentally incompetent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047804Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047804000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047804Normal"><span class="s2047804SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047804SCL-000002"> SL 1998, ch 124, § 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 22-48 - VICTIM IMMUNITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047805Normal { 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.s2047805SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047805CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047805Normal-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.s2047805DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047805000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047805SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047805SCL-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="s2047805Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-48-2.1"><span class="s2047805SENU">22-48-2.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047805SENU">. </span><span class="s2047805CL">Claim of use of unreasonable force by victim--Hearing to determine reasonable basis for claim.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047805Normal-000000"><span class="s2047805DefaultParagraphFont">If the perpetrator claims that the victim used unreasonable force, before any discovery relating to the claim may be commenced and before the claim may be submitted to the trier of fact, the court, after hearing, must find, based on clear and convincing evidence, that there is a reasonable basis to believe that the victim used unreasonable force.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047805Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047805000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047805Normal"><span class="s2047805SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047805SCL-000002"> SL 2003, ch 130, § 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 22-48 - VICTIM IMMUNITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047806Normal { 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.s2047806SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047806CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047806Normal-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.s2047806DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047806000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047806SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047806SCL-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="s2047806Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-48-3"><span class="s2047806SENU">22-48-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047806SENU">. </span><span class="s2047806CL">Proof of assumption of risk.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047806Normal-000000"><span class="s2047806DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding other evidence that the victim may adduce relating to the perpetrator's conviction of the crime involving the parties to a claim for relief, a certified copy of a guilty plea, a court judgment of guilt, a court record of conviction, or an adjudication as a delinquent child is conclusive proof of the perpetrator's assumption of the risk.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047806Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047806000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047806Normal"><span class="s2047806SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047806SCL-000002"> SL 1998, ch 124, § 3.</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 22-48 - VICTIM IMMUNITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047807Normal { 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.s2047807SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047807CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047807Normal-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.s2047807DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047807000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047807SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047807SCL-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="s2047807Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-48-4"><span class="s2047807SENU">22-48-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047807SENU">. </span><span class="s2047807CL">Court awards.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047807Normal-000000"><span class="s2047807DefaultParagraphFont">If the perpetrator does not prevail in a claim for relief that is subject to this section, the court may award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees and disbursements, to the victim.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047807Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047807000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047807Normal"><span class="s2047807SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047807SCL-000002"> SL 1998, ch 124, § 4.</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 22-48 - VICTIM IMMUNITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047808SCL-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="s2047808Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-48-5"><span class="s2047808SENU">22-48-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047808SENU">. </span><span class="s2047808CL">Motion for stay of proceedings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047808Normal-000000"><span class="s2047808DefaultParagraphFont">Except to the extent needed to preserve evidence, any claim for relief in which the defense set forth in this section is raised shall be stayed by the court on the motion of the defendant during the pendency of any criminal action against the plaintiff based on the alleged crime.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047808Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047808000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047808Normal"><span class="s2047808SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047808SCL-000002"> SL 1998, ch 124, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>