S.D. Codified Laws § 22-18-35

Disorderly conduct--Misdemeanor

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State v. Larson (2009)

Most recently applied in State v. Hahn (June 2024)

Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.1401, 13.1409, 13.1421; SDCL §§ 22-13-2, 22-13-3; SL 1976, ch 158, § 13-1; SL 1984, ch 164; SDCL § 22-13-1; SL 2005, ch 120, §§ 130, 131; SL 2007, ch 142…

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Any person who intentionally causes serious public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to any other person, or creates a risk thereof by:

(1) Engaging in fighting or in violent or threatening behavior;

(2) Making unreasonable noise;

(3) Disturbing any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority; or

(4) Obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic;

is guilty of disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct is a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, if the defendant has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to, three or more violations of this section, within the preceding ten years, the defendant is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for any fourth or subsequent offense.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.