Any person who intentionally obstructs or attempts to obstruct a public officer or employee, not a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician in the performance of any official duty, or who resists a public officer in performance of that duty, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-11-3
Obstructing certain public officers or employees--Misdemeanor
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Hall v. City of Watertown ex rel. City of Watertown Police Department (2001)
Most recently applied in Hall v. City of Watertown ex rel. City of Watertown Police Department (November 2001)
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.1106, 13.1302; SDCL, §§ 3-15-2, 3-15-3; SL 1976, ch 158, § 11-22; SL 2005, ch 120, § 192.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.