The director shall promulgate classifications and shall prepare forms for the statistical classification of crimes, of offenders, of their punishment and treatment and of all other pertinent information, to conform, as far as practicable, with those promulgated by the appropriate agency in the United States Department of Justice, and by the Federal Bureau of the Census. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-6-6
Classification of crimes and offenders--Promulgation by director--Misdemeanor
Known as the Uniform Criminal Statistics Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (21 sections).
Source: SL 1939, ch 138, §§ 4, 15; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 55.15A04, 55.9933; SDCL, § 23-6-18; SL 1978, ch 169, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.