Any person not connected with a telecommunications company, who discloses the contents of a private communication addressed to another person, in the course of transmission or in any other manner, without the written permission of the sender of the communication, or of the person to whom the communication is addressed, except upon order of a circuit court judge, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 49-31-26
Disclosure of message without written permission of sender or addressee as misdemeanor--Judicial disclosure excepted
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4511; SL 1983, ch 15, § 117; SL 1987, ch 345, § 70.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.