No big game animal taken in this state may be transported unless legally tagged, as required by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. The big game must be legally tagged at the time the big game animal is brought out to a road or into any hunting camp, dwelling, farmyard, or other place of abode of any kind, or before it is placed upon or in a vehicle of any kind. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 41-14-14
Tag required for big game transport--Violation as misdemeanor
Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0701 as added by SL 1949, ch 98; SL 1953, ch 111; SL 1959, ch 121; SL 1967, ch 89, § 1; SL 1968, ch 102, § 1; SL 1977, ch 190, § 596; SL 1978, ch 158, § 7…
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