Any person who prepares any false book, paper, record, instrument in writing, or other matter or thing with intent to produce it or allow it to be produced as genuine in any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation authorized by law, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-12A-16
Falsification of evidence
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Bosworth (2017)
Most recently applied in State v. Bosworth (July 2017)
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1243; SDCL, § 22-39-29; SL 1976, ch 158, § 11-17; SDCL, § 22-11-22; SL 2005, ch 120, § 217.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.