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S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19B-1

Malicious intimidation or harassment--Felony

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Jucht (2012)

Most recently applied in State v. Jucht (September 2012)

Source: SL 1993, ch 177, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 181.

No person may maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass any person or specific group of persons because of that person's or group of persons' race, ethnicity, religion, ancestry, or national origin:

(1) Cause physical injury to another person; or

(2) Deface any real or personal property of another person; or

(3) Damage or destroy any real or personal property of another person; or

(4) Threaten, by word or act, to do the acts prohibited if there is reasonable cause to believe that any of the acts prohibited in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this section will occur.

A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

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