<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 49-45-26 - Provision of requested records--Penalty--Civil fine.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10Normal { 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.sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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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 49-45-26 - Provision of requested records--Penalty--Civil fine."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-45-26 - Provision of requested records--Penalty--Civil fine."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-26"><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="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-26" rel="noopener"><span class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10SENU">49-45-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10SENU">. </span><span class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10CL">Provision of requested records--Penalty--Civil fine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10Statute"><span class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10DefaultParagraphFont">A grain buyer, the owner, manager, or chief executive officer of a grain buyer, or any other person in a managerial position, whether licensed or unlicensed, who or that purchases grain in this state, shall, within five working days of an inspector's request, provide to the inspector, at a licensed location within this state or at the offices of the commission, all books, accounts, and electronic records relating to the transactions of the grain buyer, either within or outside the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10Statute"><span class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10DefaultParagraphFont">A willful violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10DefaultParagraphFont">The commission may assess a civil fine in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each day requested materials are withheld, up to a maximum of twenty thousand dollars per licensing period, as set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-3" rel="noopener"><span class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10DefaultParagraphFont">49-45-3</span></a><span class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sb9de5e3514bc45b99c94b5f8d2e16a10SCL">SL 2013, ch 238, § 18, eff. Apr. 1, 2013; SL 2022, ch 174, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html>