It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person employed to read meters who knowingly reports to his employer that a consumer of gas, water, electricity, heat, refrigeration or air has used a greater quantity of gas, water, electricity, heat, refrigeration or air than the amount actually used by the consumer.
S.D. Codified Laws § 49-34-13
False meter readings as misdemeanor
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1814; SL 1983, ch 15, § 135.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.