<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 24-2-22 - Prohibited articles for inmates--Delivery or intent to deliver to inmate--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbNormal { 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.s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Any article, not proscribed by this section, that is not provided by or authorized by the facility in any form, is a Class 6 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fb000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s3d175afb343849bca6c790c34b9140fbSCL">SDC 1939, § 13.1229 as added by SL 1947, ch 49; SL 1979, ch 150, § 33; SL 1989, ch 20, § 99; SL 1990, ch 180, § 4; SL 2004, ch 168, § 13; SL 2023, ch 82, § 71; SL 2025, ch 103, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>