<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 35-9-2 - Purchase, possession, or consumption of beverage by person under twenty-one years prohibited--Exception--Misrepresentation of age--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059080Normal { 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.s2059080SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059080CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059080Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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SDC Supp 1960, §§ 5.0227-1, 5.9909; SL 1963, ch 16; SL 1968, ch 5; SL 1971, ch 211, § 111; SL 1977, ch 190, § 132; SL 1987, ch 261, § 12; SL 2010, ch 180, § 61.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 35-9-2 - Purchase, possession, or consumption of beverage by person under twenty-one years prohibited--Exception--Misrepresentation of age--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059081Normal { 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.s2059081SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059081CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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padding: 0; } span.s2059081SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059081SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-2.1"><span class="s2059081SENU">35-9-2.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059081SENU">. </span><span class="s2059081CL">Merchant may detain person under twenty</span><span class="s2059081CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2059081CL">one who purchases, attempts to purchase or possesses alcoholic beverage--Conditions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal-000001"><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">Any merchant who is a licensee under this title, or the merchant's employee, who has reasonable grounds to believe a person under the age of twenty</span><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">one has illegally purchased, attempted to purchase, or possess alcoholic beverages or has misrepresented the person's age with the use of any document for purposes of purchasing or attempting to purchase alcoholic beverages from the merchant or the merchant's employee, may detain the person, on the premises of the merchant's establishment, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal-000003"><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    To request identification;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal-000003"><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    To verify the identification;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    To make reasonable inquiry as to whether the person has violated § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-2"><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">35-9-2</span></a><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal-000003"><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    To inform a law enforcement officer of the detention of the person and surrender that person to the custody of a law enforcement officer; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal-000003"><span class="s2059081DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    In the case of a minor, to inform a law enforcement officer or the parents, guardian, or other private person interested in the welfare of that minor of this detention and to surrender custody of the minor to that person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059081000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059081Normal"><span class="s2059081SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059081SCL-000005"> SL 2000, ch 185, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 35-9-2 - Purchase, possession, or consumption of beverage by person under twenty-one years prohibited--Exception--Misrepresentation of age--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059082SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059082SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2059082Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-2.2"><span class="s2059082SENU">35-9-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059082SENU">. </span><span class="s2059082CL">Merchant to post notice if persons illegally attempting to purchase alcoholic beverages will be detained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059082Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059082DefaultParagraphFont">If a merchant chooses to implement the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-2.1"><span class="s2059082DefaultParagraphFont">35-9-2.1</span></a><span class="s2059082DefaultParagraphFont">, the merchant shall conspicuously post a notice, on the merchant's premises, stating that any person who the merchant reasonably believes was under the age of twenty</span><span class="s2059082DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2059082DefaultParagraphFont">one and has attempted to purchase alcoholic beverages, will be detained and surrendered to a law enforcement officer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059082Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059082000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059082Normal"><span class="s2059082SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059082SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 185, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 35-9-2 - Purchase, possession, or consumption of beverage by person under twenty-one years prohibited--Exception--Misrepresentation of age--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059083000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059083SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059083SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2059083Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-2.3"><span class="s2059083SENU">35-9-2.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059083SENU">. </span><span class="s2059083CL">Purchase of beverage by adult for person under twenty</span><span class="s2059083CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2059083CL">one as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059083Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-1"><span class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont">35-9-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-1.1"><span class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont">35-9-1.1</span></a><span class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont">, it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person twenty</span><span class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont">one years of age or older to purchase or otherwise acquire alcoholic beverages from a retail establishment and to give or resell the alcoholic beverages to any person under the age of twenty</span><span class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2059083DefaultParagraphFont">one years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059083Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059083000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059083Normal"><span class="s2059083SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059083SCL-000004"> SL 2000, ch 184, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 35-9-2 - Purchase, possession, or consumption of beverage by person under twenty-one years prohibited--Exception--Misrepresentation of age--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059084Normal { 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.s2059084SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059084CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059084Normal-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.s2059084DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059084Normal-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.s2059084000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059084SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059084SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2059084Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-2.4"><span class="s2059084SENU">35-9-2.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059084SENU">. </span><span class="s2059084CL">Immunity from prosecution for offense arising out of underage consumption for person who assists person in need of emergency assistance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059084Normal-000000"><span class="s2059084DefaultParagraphFont">No person may be arrested or prosecuted for any misdemeanor offense of underage consumption, open container, or public intoxication, arising out of underage consumption of alcohol if that person contacts any law enforcement or emergency medical services and reports that a person is in need of emergency medical assistance due to alcohol consumption and that person:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059084Normal-000001"><span class="s2059084DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Assists the person in need of emergency medical assistance until assistance arrives; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059084Normal-000001"><span class="s2059084DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Remains and cooperates with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059084Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059084000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059084Normal"><span class="s2059084SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059084SCL-000003"> SL 2016, ch 191, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 35-9-2 - Purchase, possession, or consumption of beverage by person under twenty-one years prohibited--Exception--Misrepresentation of age--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059085Normal { 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.s2059085SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059085CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059085Normal-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.s2059085DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059085000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059085SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059085SCL-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="s2059085Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-9-2.5"><span class="s2059085SENU">35-9-2.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059085SENU">. </span><span class="s2059085CL">Immunity from prosecution for offense arising out of underage consumption for person who reports own need of emergency assistance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059085Normal-000000"><span class="s2059085DefaultParagraphFont">No person under the age of twenty-one years may be prosecuted for any misdemeanor offense of underage consumption, open container, or public intoxication, arising out of underage consumption of alcohol if that person contacts law enforcement or emergency medical services and reports that he or she is in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption and that person remains and cooperates with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059085Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059085000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059085Normal"><span class="s2059085SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059085SCL-000002"> SL 2016, ch 191, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>