<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 35-9-1.2 - Reasonable attempt to investigate age. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059075Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2059075SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059075CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059075Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2059075DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059075000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059075SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059075SCL-000002 { 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="s2059075Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-1.2"><span class="s2059075SENU">35-9-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059075SENU">. </span><span class="s2059075CL">Reasonable attempt to investigate age.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059075Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059075DefaultParagraphFont">Any person charged with a violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-1"><span class="s2059075DefaultParagraphFont">35-9-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059075DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-1.1"><span class="s2059075DefaultParagraphFont">35-9-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059075DefaultParagraphFont">, or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-12B-7"><span class="s2059075DefaultParagraphFont">35-12B-7</span></a><span class="s2059075DefaultParagraphFont">, may offer evidence, as a defense, that the person made a reasonable attempt to investigate the age of the person by examining an age-bearing identification document that would have appeared valid to a reasonable and prudent person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059075Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059075000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059075Normal"><span class="s2059075SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059075SCL-000002"> SL 1991, ch 299; SL 2000, ch 182, § 1; SL 2010, ch 180, § 60; SL 2015, ch 196, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.</span></p></div></body></html>