South Dakota Statutes
§ 2-1-6 — Persons qualified to sign petitions--False or unqualified signing as misdemeanor.
South Dakota § 2-1-6
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-1-6 (2026).
Text
Every person who is a qualified voter may sign a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment or other measure or to refer a law. If a person, knowing he or she is not a qualified voter of the state or knowing that he or she has already signed the same petition, signs a petition for initiation of a constitutional amendment or other measure or for referral of legislation or if any person signs a name other than his or her own, that person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
SDC 1939, §§ 55.0404, 55.9901; SL 1980, ch 24, § 15; SL 2007, ch 15, § 2.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 2-1-1
Initiative and referenda petitions--Number of signatures required--Signatory information required.§ 2-1-1.3
Definitions.§ 2-1-1.5
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.6
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.7
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.8
Repealed.§ 2-1-1.9
Repealed.§ 2-1-11
Petitions liberally construed.§ 2-1-13
Repealed by SL 1989, ch 23, § 5.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 2-1-6, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/2-1-6.