<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 26-10-33 - Juvenile sexting prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755Normal { 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.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755Statute { 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.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 26-10-33 - Juvenile sexting prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 26-10-33 - Juvenile sexting prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/26-10-33"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-10-33" rel="noopener"><span class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755SENU">26-10-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755SENU">. </span><span class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755CL">Juvenile sexting prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont">No minor, as defined in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-7A-1" rel="noopener"><span class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont">26-7A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont">(21), may intentionally create, produce, distribute, present, transmit, post, exchange, disseminate, or possess, through any computer or digital media, any photograph or digitized image or any visual depiction of a minor in any condition of nudity, as defined in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-24A-2" rel="noopener"><span class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont">22-24A-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont">(10), or involved in any prohibited sexual act, as defined in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-24A-2" rel="noopener"><span class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont">22-24A-2</span></a><span class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont">(17). Any violation of this section constitutes the offense of juvenile sexting, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="se224576e604e4717a8150b95dc4da755SCL">SL 2012, ch 148, § 1; SL 2024, ch 87, § 14.</span></p></div></body></html>