<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 22-6-2 - Misdemeanor classes and penalties--Restitution--Misdemeanor when no penalty imposed. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046971Normal { 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.s2046971SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046971CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046971Normal-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; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-6-2"><span class="s2046971SENU">22-6-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046971SENU">. </span><span class="s2046971CL">Misdemeanor classes and penalties--Restitution--Misdemeanor when no penalty imposed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal-000000"><span class="s2046971DefaultParagraphFont">Misdemeanors are divided into two classes which are distinguished from each other by the following maximum penalties which are authorized upon conviction:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal-000001"><span class="s2046971DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Class 1 misdemeanor: one year imprisonment in a county jail or two thousand dollars fine, or both;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal-000001"><span class="s2046971DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Class 2 misdemeanor: thirty days imprisonment in a county jail or five hundred dollars fine, or both.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046971DefaultParagraphFont">The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant who has been found guilty of a misdemeanor, shall order, in addition to the sentence that is imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section, that the defendant make restitution to any victim in accordance with the provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-28"><span class="s2046971DefaultParagraphFont">23A-28</span></a><span class="s2046971DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal-000002"><span class="s2046971DefaultParagraphFont">Except in Titles 1 to 20, inclusive, 22, 25 to 28, inclusive, 32 to 36, inclusive, 40 to 42, inclusive, 47 to 54, inclusive, and 58 to 62, inclusive, if the performance of an act is prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of such statute is imposed by a statute, the doing of such act is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046971000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046971Normal"><span class="s2046971SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046971SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, §§ 13.0105, 13.0607; SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-1-5"><span class="s2046971SCL-000004">22-1-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046971SCL-000004">; SL 1976, ch 158, §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-3"><span class="s2046971SCL-000004">1-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046971SCL-000004">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=6-2"><span class="s2046971SCL-000004">6-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046971SCL-000004">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=6-5"><span class="s2046971SCL-000004">6-5</span></a><span class="s2046971SCL-000004">; SL 1977, ch 189, § 17; SL 1978, ch 158, § 5; SL 1985, ch 192, § 3; SL 1989, ch 255, § 2; SL 1990, ch 158, § 1; SL 1991, ch 186, § 2; SL 1991, ch 187, § 4; SL 1991, ch 337, § 1; SL 1992, ch 158, § 1; SL 1993, ch 172, § 1; SL 1994, ch 161; SL 1995, ch 120, § 1; SL 1997, ch 126, § 1; SL 1997, ch 143, § 6; SL 2005, ch 120, § 173.</span></p></div></body></html>