South Dakota legal term
Service in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Service” 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 “Service” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(43) "Service," labor that does not include a tangible commodity. (SDCL § 22-1-2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- 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
- Application to participate as provider
- Equipment for receiving services without payment
- Failure to keep necessary records upon which claim is based
- False reporting to authorities
- Falsely reporting a threat
- Film processors to report suspected violations of child pornography laws
- Internet service providers to report suspected violations of child pornography laws
- Mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect by staff and by person in charge of residential facility or entity providing services to elderly or disabled adult
- Manufacture, sale, or distribution of equipment for receiving service without payment as misdemeanor
- Misrepresentation of a service animal
Related terms in the same statutes
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