<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 35-4-79.4 - Exception to prohibition on sales or service by persons under twenty-one years old--Violation as misdemeanor.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcNormal { 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.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcStatute { 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.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dc000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcNoIndent { 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.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcSCL { 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 35-4-79.4 - Exception to prohibition on sales or service by persons under twenty-one years old--Violation as misdemeanor."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 35-4-79.4 - Exception to prohibition on sales or service by persons under twenty-one years old--Violation as misdemeanor."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-4-79.4"><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="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-4-79.4" rel="noopener"><span class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcSENU">35-4-79.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcSENU">. </span><span class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcCL">Exception to prohibition on sales or service by persons under twenty-one years old--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcDefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-4-79" rel="noopener"><span class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcDefaultParagraphFont">35-4-79</span></a><span class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcDefaultParagraphFont">, any on-sale or off-sale licensee may permit persons eighteen years or older to sell or serve alcoholic beverages if less than fifty percent of the gross business transacted by the establishment is from the sale of alcoholic beverages, or the licensee or an employee of the licensee that is at least twenty-one years of age is on the premises when the alcoholic beverage is sold or served. For purposes of this section, the term, to sell or serve alcoholic beverages, includes tending bar or drawing, pouring, or mixing alcoholic beverages. Any person tending bar or drawing, pouring, or mixing alcoholic beverages pursuant to this section must be certified by a nationally recognized alcohol management program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcStatute"><span class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcDefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dc000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sa3d9c835eac54cf0b633e12baa2874dcSCL">SL 2018, ch 213, § 88; SL 2022, ch 142, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>