<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 23A-16-1 - Concurrent state jurisdiction of offenses on Indian reservations within state. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048594Normal { 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.s2048594SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048594CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048594Normal-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.s2048594DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048594000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048594SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048594SCL-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="s2048594Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-16-1"><span class="s2048594SENU">23A-16-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048594SENU">. </span><span class="s2048594CL">Concurrent state jurisdiction of offenses on Indian reservations within state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048594Normal-000000"><span class="s2048594DefaultParagraphFont">Whenever any acts in violation of the penal laws of the United States committed by any person upon any Indian reservation within this state shall constitute a crime under any law of the State of South Dakota, concurrent jurisdiction is hereby expressly reserved to the State of South Dakota to arrest, prosecute, convict, and punish any person committing any offense under the laws of the State of South Dakota, even though the acts constituting such offense may also constitute an offense under the laws of the United States of America.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048594Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048594000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048594Normal"><span class="s2048594SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048594SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 34.0502; SL 1951, ch 187; SDCL, § 23-9-6; SL 1978, ch 178, § 220.</span></p></div></body></html>