South Dakota legal term
Juvenile in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Juvenile” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the South Dakota criminal code.
What does “Juvenile” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(7) "Juvenile," a minor charged in juvenile court with being a delinquent child as the result of actions that would constitute a sexual assault, an assault or a crime of violence in criminal court; (8) "Law enforcement officer," any person described in subdivision 23A-45-9(9) or (14); (9) "Sexual assault," an offense described in chapter 22-22 in which the facts show a possibility of exchange of bodily fluids; (10) "Source individual," any person, living or dead, whose blood, tissue, or potentially infectious body fluids may be a source of blood-borne pathogen exposure to an emergency medical (SDCL § 23A-35B-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Assault by juvenile confined in detention facility or juvenile corrections facility
- Information required for sex offender registration
- Juvenile sexting prohibited
- Registration of convicted sex offenders
- Safety zone of child victim of sex crime
- Sexual acts between jail or juvenile correctional facility employees and detainees
Related terms in the same statutes
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