<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 34-20C-8 - Conditions giving rise to cause of action. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2056916Normal { 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.s2056916SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056916CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2056916Normal-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.s2056916DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2056916Normal-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.s2056916000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056916SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056916SCL-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="s2056916Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-20C-8"><span class="s2056916SENU">34-20C-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056916SENU">. </span><span class="s2056916CL">Conditions giving rise to cause of action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056916Normal-000000"><span class="s2056916DefaultParagraphFont">Any user may bring an action for damages caused by the use of an illegal drug only if all of the following conditions are met:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056916Normal-000001"><span class="s2056916DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The user personally discloses to narcotics enforcement authorities, more than six months before filing the action, all of the information known to the user regarding all of that user's sources of illegal drugs;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056916Normal-000001"><span class="s2056916DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The user has not used an illegal drug within the six months before filing the action; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056916Normal-000001"><span class="s2056916DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The user continues to remain free of the use of an illegal drug throughout the pendency of the action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056916Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056916000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056916Normal"><span class="s2056916SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056916SCL-000003"> SL 1997, ch 203, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html>