With the exception of records kept during the regular course of a criminal investigation and prosecution, or as otherwise required by law, no governmental entity or official, agent, or employee of a governmental entity or any person other than the owner or owner’s representative, may knowingly and willfully keep or cause to be kept any list, record, or registry of privately owned firearms or the owners of those firearms.
S.D. Codified Laws § 37-35A-2
Private firearm and firearm owner list prohibited--Exception
Source: SL 2025, ch 165, § 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.