<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 22-49-1 - Prohibited conduct generally.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Normal { 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.s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2SCL { 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 22-49-1 - Prohibited conduct generally."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-49-1 - Prohibited conduct generally."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-49-1"><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="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-49-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2SENU">22-49-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2SENU">. </span><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2CL">Prohibited conduct generally.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Statute"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">No person may knowingly recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, receive, purchase, advertise, maintain, solicit, or obtain, by any means, another person knowing that force, fraud, or coercion will be used to cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act, forced labor, or involuntary servitude.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Statute"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">No person may benefit financially, or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in acts set forth in this section, or knowingly or in reckless disregard of the fact that the venture has engaged in acts set forth in this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Statute"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">Any violation of this section constitutes the crime of human trafficking.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Statute"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">If the victim is under eighteen years of age, the crime of human trafficking need not involve force, fraud, or coercion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section and §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-49-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">22-49-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-49-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">22-49-3</span></a><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">, the term "coercion" may include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The use of a plan, statement, or pattern of behavior, with the intent of causing a person to believe that failure to perform an act will result in serious harm to, or the use of physical force or violence against, the person, or will result in the restraint, isolation, confinement, or abduction of any person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Inducing a person to engage in a commercial sex act, forced labor, or involuntary servitude as payment toward, or in satisfaction of, a real or purported debt;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The use of a person's physical or mental impairment, if that impairment has a substantial adverse effect on the person's cognitive or volitional function; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law is not designed, to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s8ada81f0a2e34522bf515deea5c02ba2SCL">SL 2011, ch 120, § 1; SL 2016, ch 129, § 1; SL 2017, ch 99, § 1; SL 2019, ch 111, § 1; SL 2020, ch 89, § 1; SL 2025, ch 99, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>