Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining anything of value, circulates or offers for sale, prints for the purpose of sale or distribution, sends or delivers, or causes to be sent or delivered, any letter, paper, document, notice of intent to bring suit, or other notice or demand which simulates any form of court or legal process or any official demand, notice or other paper of a federal, state, or municipal agency, the intention of which document is to lead the recipient or addressee to believe that it is a genuine court or legal process or official demand, notice, or other paper of a federal, state, or municipal agency, is guilty of uttering simulated process. Uttering simulated process is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-12-5
Uttering simulated process--Misdemeanor
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Paulson (2015)
Most recently applied in State v. Paulson (March 2015)
Source: SL 1964, ch 34, § 1; SL 1967, ch 29; SL 1976, ch 158, § 12-2; SL 2005, ch 120, § 234.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.