South Dakota legal term
Property in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Property” 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 “Property” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(35) "Property," anything of value, including motor vehicles, real estate, tangible and intangible personal property, contract rights, choses-in-action, and other interests in or claims to wealth, admission or transportation tickets, captured or domestic animals, food and drink, electric or other power, services, and signatures which purport to create, maintain, or extinguish any legal obligation; (36) "Property of another," property in which any person other than the actor has an interest upon which the actor is not privileged to infringe, regardless of the fact that the actor also has an int (SDCL § 22-1-2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Harassment by threat of fraudulent legal proceedings or liens prohibited
- Intentional damage to property
- Aggravated grand theft
- Alteration or removal of serial number
- Arrest or seizure of property without process
- Carrying or placing explosive or device on vehicle or in baggage
- Duty to give immediate notice of accident to law enforcement officer
- Duty to stop after accident with unattended vehicle or property
- Eavesdropping
- Failure to control or report dangerous fire
- False reporting to authorities
- False statement on application to state agency for loan, grant, or other financial assistance for business or agriculture
Related terms in the same statutes
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