South Dakota legal term
Offense in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Offense” 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 “Offense” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(29) "Offense" or "public offense," any crime, petty offense, violation of a city or county ordinance, or act prohibited by state or federal law; (30) "Pass," to utter, publish, or sell, or to put or send forth into circulation. (SDCL § 22-1-2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Coercion to undergo abortion
- Criminal solicitation
- Protection order
- Protection order
- Sexual contact without consent with person capable of consenting
- Simple assault
- Stalking
- Abuse of or cruelty to minor as felony
- Action by which claimant commits an offense
- Action of person aiding provider with goods or services or referring individuals to provider for which additional value received an offense
- Aggravated incest
- Barratry
Related terms in the same statutes
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