South Dakota Statutes
§ 20-9-6 — Right to protection from bodily harm, insult, or injury to personal relations.
South Dakota § 20-9-6
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-9-6 (2026).
Text
Every person has, subject to the limitations provided by law, the right of protection from bodily harm or restraint, from personal insult, from defamation, and from injury to his personal relations, and every person is bound, without contract, to abstain from injuring any such rights of others and to abstain from injuring the person or property of another.
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Related
Hunt v. Hunt
309 N.W.2d 818 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1981)
Hershey v. Hershey
467 N.W.2d 484 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1991)
Gunn v. Stearns
(D. South Dakota, 2025)
Legislative History
CivC 1877, §§ 27, 973; CL 1887, §§ 2526, 3597; RCivC 1903, §§ 27, 1291; RC 1919, §§ 93, 795; SDC 1939, § 47.0301.
Nearby Sections
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§ 20-1-1
Obligation defined.§ 20-1-2
Origin of obligations.§ 20-10-2
Acts constituting deceit.§ 20-10A-1
Definition of terms.§ 20-10A-2
Cause of action for damages.§ 20-10A-3
Liability for damages.§ 20-10A-4
Limitation on actions for damages.§ 20-11-2
Classes of defamation.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 20-9-6, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/20-9-6.