The Division of Human Rights may receive, investigate, and pass upon charges alleging unfair or discriminatory practices.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-13-28
Complaints acted upon by division
Known as the South Dakota Human Relations Act
The act spans §§ 20–20 (84 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Erdahl v. Groff (1998)
Most recently applied in Riggs v. Bennett Cnty. Hosp. & Nursing Home (June 2018)
Source: SL 1972, ch 11, § 5 (2); SL 1978, ch 153, § 5; SL 1981, ch 166, § 6.
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.