South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-11-6 — Obstructing law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency management personnel--Misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 22-11-6
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 22CRIMES
Ch. 22-10AOBSTRUCTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT

This text of South Dakota § 22-11-6 (Obstructing law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency management personnel--Misdemeanor.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 22-11-6 (2026).

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Except as provided in §§ 22-11-4 and 22-11-5 , any person who, by using or threatening to use violence, force, or physical interference or obstacle, intentionally obstructs, impairs, or hinders the enforcement of the criminal laws or the preservation of the peace by a law enforcement officer or jailer acting under color of authority, or intentionally obstructs, impairs, or hinders the prevention, control, or abatement of fire by a firefighter acting under color of authority, or intentionally obstructs emergency management personnel acting under color of authority, is guilty of obstructing a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician. Obstructing a law enforcement officer, jailer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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SL 1976, ch 158, §

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