It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug to operate an aircraft in the air or on the ground or water. No person may operate an aircraft in the air or on the ground or water who has 0.04 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in that person's blood.
S.D. Codified Laws § 50-13-17
Operation of aircraft while intoxicated as misdemeanor
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Mundy-Geidd (2014)
Most recently applied in State v. Mundy-Geidd (December 2014)
Source: SDC 1939, § 2.9903 as enacted by SL 1947, ch 3; SL 1983, ch 15, § 210; SL 2014, ch 222, § 116.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.