South Dakota statute
SDCL § 22-29-4 — Lack of knowledge of materiality of statement no defense
Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Part of Chapter 29: Perjury And False Official Statements, South Dakota Codified Laws.
Full text of SDCL § 22-29-4
Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.
It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement, or that the false statement did not in fact affect the proceeding in or for which the false statement was made. It is sufficient that the false statement was material and might have been used to affect such proceeding.
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