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South Dakota Criminal Charges
351 offenses defined by South Dakota statute, each with its classification and penalty table.
- (Rule 5(c)) Advice to defendant at initial appearance on charge requiring preliminary hearingClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Abuse of or cruelty to minor as felony
- Abuse or neglect of elder or adult with a disability
- Accessory to crime
- Act of terrorismClass C Felony
- Action by which claimant commits an offenseClass 5 Felony
- Action of person aiding provider with goods or services or referring individuals to provider for which additional value received an offenseClass 5 Felony
- Aggravated assaultClass 3 Felony
- Aggravated battery of an infant
- Aggravated criminal battery of an unborn childClass 3 Felony
- Aggravated criminal entry of a motor vehicleClass 6 Felony
- Aggravated grand theftClass 2 Felony
- Aggravated incestClass 3 Felony
- Aggravated incestClass 3 Felony
- Aggravated riot as felonyClass 3 Felony
- Agreement to give particular verdictClass 6 Felony
- Aiding and abetting suicideClass 6 Felony
- Alteration or removal of serial numberClass 6 Felony
- Annual verification form mailed to registered offenderClass 6 Felony
- Application to participate as providerClass 5 Felony
- Arrest or seizure of property without processClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Assault by adult prisoner in county or municipal jailClass 6 Felony
- Assault by convicted or incarcerated person under Department of Corrections jurisdictionClass 6 Felony
- Assault by juvenile confined in detention facility or juvenile corrections facilityClass 6 Felony
- Assaults with intent to cause serious permanent disfigurementClass 2 Felony
- Assisting, harboring, concealing, or providing false information about sex offenderClass 5 Felony
- Attempt
- Attempt to influence jurors, arbitrators, or refereesClass 6 Felony
- Attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officerClass 1 Felony
- Authorization of debtor required for filing of financing statementClass 1 Misdemeanor
- BarratryClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Bestiality
- BigamyClass 6 Felony
- BondClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Branding of a minor prohibited
- Bribery of judicial officer or jurorClass 4 Felony
- Bribery of public officerClass 4 Felony
- Bribery or unlawful influence of legislatorsClass 4 Felony
- Burning within a structure where person is lawfully confinedClass 6 Felony
- Carrying or placing explosive or device on vehicle or in baggageClass 2 Felony
- Causing child to be present where methamphetamines used, distributed, or manufactured as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Civil fine for violation by manufacturer or distributorClass 5 Felony
- Coercion to undergo abortion
- Commencement or change in enrollment or employmentClass 6 Felony
- Commercial briberyClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Commission of felony while armed with firearms
- Compelling practice of religionClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Compounding a felony or misdemeanor
- Computer repair technicians to report suspected violations of child pornography lawsClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Concealment of escaped prisonerClass 5 Felony
- Concealment of weapon with intent to commit felonyClass 5 Felony
- Conditional bondClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Confidentiality of identity of person or entity supplying or administering intravenous injection substanceClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Conspiracy to commit offense
- Contributing to abuse, neglect, or delinquency or causing child to become child in need of supervision as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Controlled substances obtained concurrently from different medical practitionersClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Counterfeit lien as a misdemeanor
- Criminal battery of an unborn childClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Criminal entry of a motor vehicleClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Criminal solicitation
- Criminal trespassClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Defendant prohibited from contacting victim prior to court appearanceClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Defendant prohibited from contacting victim prior to court appearanceClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Defiance of emergency management order restricting areaClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Delay in taking arrested person before magistrateClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Delivery of drug paraphernalia as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Delivery or manufacture of noncontrolled substance represented to be controlled substance as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-O acetate, hexahydrocannabinol
- Desecration of flagClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Destruction or impairment of public record
- Disarming law enforcement officerClass 4 Felony
- Discharge of firearm at occupied structure or motor vehicleClass 3 Felony
- Discharge of firearm from moving motor vehicle within municipalityClass 6 Felony
- Disorderly conduct
- Dispense or advertise abortion-inducing articleClass 6 Felony
- Dispensing or sale without code imprintClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Disseminating material harmful to minors as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Distributing child pornographyClass 3 Felony
- Distribution or possession with intent to distribute specified amounts of marijuana
- DriverClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Driver under age of twenty-one operating vehicle after alcohol or drug consumptionClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Driving while license is revoked, suspended, or canceled
- Drug free zones createdClass 4 Felony
- Duty of occupant of vehicle to give notice where driver is physically incapableClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Duty to give immediate notice of accident to law enforcement officerClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Duty to stop after accident with unattended vehicle or propertyClass 2 Misdemeanor
- EavesdroppingClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Entering or refusing to leave property after notice
- Enticing away a child
- Equipment for receiving services without payment
- Excessive or malicious exercise of authority in executing search warrantClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Failure or refusal to surrender revoked gold card or enhanced permit as misdemeanor
- Failure to appear without deposit or admission as misdemeanorClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Failure to control or report dangerous fireClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Failure to keep necessary records upon which claim is basedClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Failure to keep or furnish required record or report prohibitedClass 6 Felony
- Failure to notify law enforcement of death of childClass 5 Felony
- Failure to notify law enforcement that child is missingClass 1 Misdemeanor
- False fire alarm causing serious bodily injury or deathClass 5 Felony
- False imprisonmentClass 1 Misdemeanor
- False information or false evidence of identity to secure pistol or permit as felonyClass 6 Felony
- False reporting to authoritiesClass 1 Misdemeanor
- False statement on application to state agency for loan, grant, or other financial assistance for business or agricultureClass 6 Felony
- Falsely reporting a threatClass 6 Felony
- Falsification of evidenceClass 6 Felony
- Falsification of public records
- Felony classes of perjury
- Felony classes of robbery
- Female genital mutilationClass 4 Felony
- Fetal homicideClass B Felony
- Film processors to report suspected violations of child pornography lawsClass 1 Misdemeanor
- First degree arsonClass 2 Felony
- First degree burglaryClass 2 Felony
- First degree escapeClass 4 Felony
- First degree human traffickingClass 2 Felony
- Foreign criminal conviction registrationClass 4 Felony
- Forfeiture of public officer's office for record violationsClass 2 Misdemeanor
- ForgeryClass 5 Felony
- Fraudulent alteration of bill after passage as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Fraudulent alteration of bill or resolution as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Fraudulent assisted reproductionClass 5 Felony
- Fraudulent claim prohibited
- Gambling definedClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Giving consideration for appointment to or performance of duties of public officeClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Grand theft
- Harassment by threat of fraudulent legal proceedings or liens prohibited
- Hiring for sexual activity
- Hiring person forced to engage in sexual activityClass 6 Felony
- Hit and run accident resulting in death or injury as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Homicide as manslaughter in first degreeClass C Felony
- Identity theftClass 6 Felony
- Immediate report to police authority when persons entitled to receive information are disabledClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Impersonating a judicial officialClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Impersonation of officer, employee, firefighter, or person causing injury or fraudClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Impersonation with intent to deceive law enforcement officerClass 1 Misdemeanor
- IncestClass 5 Felony
- Incitement to riotClass 5 Felony
- Indecent exposure
- Indecent exposure involving a child
- Industrial hempClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Information furnished by driver involved in property damage accidentClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Information required for sex offender registrationClass 6 Felony
- Ingesting substance, except alcoholic beverages, for the purpose of becoming intoxicated as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Inhabiting room where controlled substances illegally stored or used as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Intentional damage to property
- Intentional distribution of Schedule I or II substance without order form as felonyClass 5 Felony
- Intentional exposure to HIV infection a felonyClass 3 Felony
- Intentional falsification or omission of material information as felonyClass 5 Felony
- Intentional killing of human fetus by unauthorized injury to motherClass 4 Felony
- Intentional use of device or explosive to cause serious bodily injuryClass 2 Felony
- Intentional use of unauthorized registration number as felonyClass 5 Felony
- Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human wasteClass 6 Felony
- Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human wasteClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Internet service providers to report suspected violations of child pornography lawsClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Juvenile sexting prohibitedClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Keeping place for use or sale of controlled substances as felonyClass 5 Felony
- Keeping slot machinesClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Kidnapping
- Kidnapping in the second degree
- Killing, injury, or interference with a law enforcement support animal prohibited
- KratomClass 2 Misdemeanor
- KratomClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Loitering within community safety zone or public library prohibited
- Making or possessing forgery or counterfeiting devicesClass 6 Felony
- Malicious intimidation or harassmentClass 6 Felony
- Malicious procurement of search warrantClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect by staff and by person in charge of residential facility or entity providing services to elderly or disabled adultClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitationClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Manslaughter in the second degreeClass 4 Felony
- Manufacture, distribution, or possession of equipment for making counterfeit controlled substance as felonyClass 5 Felony
- Manufacture, sale, or distribution of equipment for receiving service without payment as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Manufacturing child pornographyClass 2 Felony
- Manufacturing or distributing child-like sex doll
- Misdemeanor classes and penalties
- Misprision of felonyClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Misrepresentation of a service animalClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Misrepresentation of age by minorClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Misrepresentation to obtain admission of minorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Misuse of tribal identification cardClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Notice in person of new location or address outside of state
- Nuisances for which punishment not otherwise prescribed
- Obstructing certain public officers or employeesClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Obstructing enforcementClass 4 Felony
- Obstructing law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency management personnelClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Obstructing officer in charge of personal propertyClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Obstruction of community antenna television system transmissions as misdemeanorClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Obtaining assistance with value of more than two hundred dollars as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Obtaining assistance with value of two hundred dollars or less as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Obtaining possession of controlled substance by theft, misrepresentation, forgery, or fraudClass 4 Felony
- Offense of acceptance of amount in addition to amount legally payable under programClass 5 Felony
- Offer of forged or fraudulent evidenceClass 5 Felony
- Offering false or forged instrument for filing, registering, or recordingClass 6 Felony
- Omission or removal of required symbol prohibitedClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Online covered platform
- Online covered platform
- Overhearing or recording communications, conversations, or jury deliberations by means of eavesdropping device as felonyClass 5 Felony
- Ownership or possession of scanning device or reencoder with intent to obtain or alter payment card information without permissionClass 6 Felony
- PassengerClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Penalties for crime committed as result of information from sex offender registryClass 6 Felony
- Permitting physical or sexual abuse of child as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Petty theft in the first degreeClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Petty theft in the second degreeClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Picketing of funeral services prohibitedClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Pimping—Permitting prostitution on premisesClass 6 Felony
- Pistol to be delivered wrapped and unloadedClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Placement of explosive or device as to endanger human life or safetyClass 4 Felony
- Possessing a forged instrumentClass 6 Felony
- Possessing child pornographyClass 4 Felony
- Possession in county courthouse or state capitolClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Possession of controlled weaponClass 6 Felony
- Possession of explosive or device with intent to injure, intimidate, or destroy propertyClass 3 Felony
- Possession of firearm by one convicted of misdemeanor crime involving domestic violenceClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Possession of firearm by one with prior drug convictionClass 6 Felony
- Possession of firearm by one with prior violent crime conviction or certain drug-related convictionClass 6 Felony
- Possession of firearm with altered serial numberClass 6 Felony
- Possession of marijuana prohibited
- Possession of pistols by minors prohibitedClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Possession of ransom or rewardClass 3 Felony
- Possession of revoked gold card or enhanced concealed pistol permit as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Possession of Salvia divinorum or salvinorin A prohibited
- Possession of weapon or tools with intent to commit burglaryClass 6 Felony
- Possession, sale, or distribution of certain substances for the purpose of intoxication as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Prescription required to dispense Schedule III or Schedule IV substanceClass 5 Felony
- Presentment of false order or denial of service a misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Preventing practice of religionClass 6 Felony
- Private indecent exposureClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Procurement of abortion prohibitedClass 6 Felony
- Prohibited recording or manipulated image
- Prohibited transfer of firearms and ammunition to juvenilesClass 5 Felony
- Promoting prostitutionClass 5 Felony
- ProstitutionClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Protection order
- Protection order
- Providing firearm to person with known prior violent crime convictionClass 6 Felony
- Public indecencyClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Publication of personal informationClass 6 Felony
- Publications containing obscene material to be wrapped and sealed while on displayClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Punishment for fifth or subsequent offenseClass 4 Felony
- Punishment for fourth offenseClass 5 Felony
- Punishment for prohibited drivingClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Punishment for second offenseClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Punishment for sixth or subsequent offenseClass 4 Felony
- Punishment for third offenseClass 6 Felony
- Purchasing or possessing child-like sex doll
- Rape
- Receipt for depositClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Receiving a commercial bribeClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Receiving consideration for appointment to or employment in public officeClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Reckless burning or explodingClass 4 Felony
- Reckless discharge of firearm or shooting of bow and arrowClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Reckless drivingClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Refusal to disperse or refrain from riot or unlawful assemblyClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Registration every six monthsClass 6 Felony
- Registration of convicted sex offendersClass 6 Felony
- Removal of child from stateClass 5 Felony
- Removal of minor from state for adoption prohibited until parents' consent or termination of rightsClass 6 Felony
- Report of intention to travel outside United StatesClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Resisting arrestClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Resisting execution or service of processClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Resisting service or refusal to give information as misdemeanor
- Restrictions on residence within community safety zone
- RiotClass 4 Felony
- Safety zone of child victim of sex crimeClass 6 Felony
- Sale of child pornographyClass 4 Felony
- Sale of pistol by retail dealerClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Sale or distribution of prepaid adult entertainment card to minors as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Sale, transportation, or possession of destructive device
- Second degree arsonClass 4 Felony
- Second degree burglaryClass 3 Felony
- Second degree escapeClass 5 Felony
- Second degree human traffickingClass 3 Felony
- Second or subsequent convictionsClass 5 Felony
- Secondary registered location or addressClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Secrecy of execution timeClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Sex offender to report change in vehicle registrationClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Sexual acts between jail or juvenile correctional facility employees and detainees
- Sexual contact by psychotherapistClass 5 Felony
- Sexual contact with child under eighteenClass 6 Felony
- Sexual contact with child under sixteen
- Sexual contact with child under sixteen years of ageClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Sexual contact with person incapable of consentingClass 4 Felony
- Sexual contact without consent with person capable of consenting
- Sexual exploitation of a minor
- Sexual penetration by psychotherapistClass 4 Felony
- Signature under oath on complaintPetty Offense
- Simple assault
- Simple or aggravated assault against law enforcement officer, firefighter, ambulance personnel, Department of Corrections employee or contractor, health care personnel, or other public officer
- Solicitation of a minorClass 4 Felony
- Solicitation of bribe by public officerClass 4 Felony
- Solicitation of bribes by legislatorsClass 4 Felony
- Solicitation of compensation for omission of official dutyClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Solicitation of unauthorized fee for doing official actClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Solicitations and agreements by witnessesClass 6 Felony
- StalkingClass 5 Felony
- Stalking
- Stalking a child twelve or youngerClass 6 Felony
- Standing on highway with intent to impede or stop trafficClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Street racingClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Street racingClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Street racing, stunt driving, or takeoverClass 6 Felony
- Subsequent conviction of rape of or sexual contact with a child under sixteen as felonyClass 2 Felony
- Substantial interruption or impairment
- Substitution of infant with intent to deceiveClass 5 Felony
- Taking, enticing away, or keeping of unmarried minor child by parent
- Tampering with a witnessClass 4 Felony
- Tattooing minor without parental consent as misdemeanorClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Terrorist threatClass 5 Felony
- Third degree burglaryClass 5 Felony
- Threatening juror or juror's familyClass 5 Felony
- Threatening or intimidating judicial or ministerial officers or othersClass 5 Felony
- Threatening to commit a sexual offenseClass 4 Felony
- Throwing substance upon public ways or at vehicles as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Torture of a human trafficking victimClass 1 Felony
- Unauthorized bingo or lottery as misdemeanorClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Unauthorized ingestion of controlled drug or substance
- Unauthorized manufacture or distribution by registrant prohibitedClass 5 Felony
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule I or II substances
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting, or possession of methamphetamine as felony
- Unauthorized operation of vehicle or vessel as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Unauthorized possession of controlled drug or substance as felony
- Unauthorized possession of substances with intent to make destructive device as felonyClass 5 Felony
- Unauthorized use of reencoder on payment cardClass 6 Felony
- Unauthorized use of scanning device on payment cardClass 6 Felony
- Unlawful assemblyClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Unlawful directingClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Unlawful retention of public record
- Unsuccessful attempt to obtain assistance as misdemeanorClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Unwanted abortionClass B Felony
- Unwanted abortionClass 5 Felony
- Use of explosive or device to destroy another's propertyClass 4 Felony
- Use of explosive or device to endanger human life or safetyClass 3 Felony
- Use of hoax substance or device to cause fearClass 6 Felony
- Use of or placing hazardous or injurious devices on public landClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Use of pen register or trap and trace device without court order prohibitedClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Use of substance or device to communicate felonious threatClass 4 Felony
- Use or possession of drug paraphernalia as misdemeanorClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Uttering simulated processClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Vehicular batteryClass 4 Felony
- Vehicular homicideClass 3 Felony
- Violation a felony
- Violation as misdemeanor
- Violation of order of protection as a misdemeanorClass 2 Misdemeanor
- Violation of restraining order, injunction, protection order, or no contact order as felonyClass 6 Felony
- Watercraft batteryClass 4 Felony
- Watercraft homicideClass 3 Felony
- Window peeking on private property of anotherClass 1 Misdemeanor
- Written notice of new location or address required
- Written prescription required to dispense Schedule II substanceClass 4 Felony
- Written promise to appear