S.D. Codified Laws § 49-31-31

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Section 49-31-31 - Contact by telephone or other device-Threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts-Penalty

It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use a telephone or other electronic communication device for any of the following purposes:

(1) To contact another person with intent to terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass, or annoy such person by using obscene or lewd language or by suggesting a lewd or lascivious act;
(2) To contact another person with intent to threaten to inflict physical harm or injury to any person or property;
(3) To contact another person with intent to extort money or other things of value;
(4) To contact another person with intent to disturb that person by repeated anonymous telephone calls or intentionally failing to replace the receiver or disengage the telephone connection; or
(5) Except as allowed in § 49-31-31.2, to contact or to attempt to contact another person and, in so doing, intentionally cause to be displayed as caller identification, a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number:
(a) To defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value from another person; or
(b) Of another person who has not granted the person the right to display that other person's name or phone number, as applicable.

It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to knowingly permit a telephone or other electronic communication device under his or her control to be used for a purpose prohibited by this section.

SDCL 49-31-31

SL 1967, ch 30, § 1; SL 1983, ch 15, § 121; SL 2008, ch 240, §1; SL 2011, ch 206, §1; SL 2022, ch 170, §1.
Amended by S.L. 2022, ch. 170,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2022.