<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-3-35 - Eligibility of person placed in diversion program for expungement of record. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048383Normal { 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.s2048383SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048383CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048383Normal-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.s2048383DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048383Normal-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; } p.s2048383Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s2048383000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048383SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048383SCL-000004 { 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="s2048383Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-3-35"><span class="s2048383SENU">23A-3-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048383SENU">. </span><span class="s2048383CL">Eligibility of person placed in diversion program for expungement of record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048383Normal-000000"><span class="s2048383DefaultParagraphFont">If an arrested person is placed in a diversion program, the person is eligible for an expungement of the entire criminal record related to that arrest if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048383Normal-000001"><span class="s2048383DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The person has successfully completed all the terms of the diversion program; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048383Normal-000001"><span class="s2048383DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The person has not been charged with any new crimes, except for petty offenses or minor traffic citations, within one year and thirty days from the date of the successful completion of the diversion program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048383Normal-000002"><span class="s2048383DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in this section requires a state's attorney to place any arrested person into a diversion program or to otherwise create or implement a diversion program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048383Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048383000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048383Normal"><span class="s2048383SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048383SCL-000004"> SL 2018, ch 143, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>