Defamation is effected by:
(1) Libel; or
(2) Slander.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-11-2
Classes of defamation
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Paint Brush Corp. v. Neu (1999)
Most recently applied in Henning v. Avera McKennan (June 2020)
Source: CivC 1877, § 28; CL 1887, § 2527; RCivC 1903, § 28; RC 1919, § 94; SDC 1939, § 47.0502.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.