<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-35A-20 - Overhearing or recording communications, conversations, or jury deliberations by means of eavesdropping device as felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2049070Normal { 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.s2049070SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049070CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2049070Normal-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.s2049070DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2049070Normal-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.s2049070000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049070SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049070SCL-000003 { 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="s2049070Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-35A-20"><span class="s2049070SENU">23A-35A-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049070SENU">. </span><span class="s2049070CL">Overhearing or recording communications, conversations, or jury deliberations by means of eavesdropping device as felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049070Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049070DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-35A-21"><span class="s2049070DefaultParagraphFont">23A-35A-21</span></a><span class="s2049070DefaultParagraphFont">, a person is guilty of a Class 5 felony who is not:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049070Normal-000001"><span class="s2049070DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A sender or receiver of a communication who intentionally and by means of an eavesdropping device overhears or records a communication, or aids, authorizes, employs, procures, or permits another to overhear or record, without the consent of either a sender or receiver of the communication;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049070Normal-000001"><span class="s2049070DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A person present during a conversation or discussion who intentionally and by means of an eavesdropping device overhears or records the conversation or discussion, or aids, authorizes, employs, procures, or permits another to overhear or record, without the consent of a party to the conversation or discussion; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049070Normal-000001"><span class="s2049070DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A member of a jury who intentionally records or listens to by means of an eavesdropping device the deliberations of the jury or aids, authorizes, employs, procures, or permits another to record or listen.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049070Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049070000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049070Normal"><span class="s2049070SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049070SCL-000003"> SL 1980, ch 181, § 20; SL 2006, ch 136, § 1; SL 2017, ch 108, § 16.</span></p></div></body></html>