South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-19B-1 — Malicious intimidation or harassment--Felony.

South Dakota·Title 22 CRIMES·Ch. 22-19B HATE CRIMES

No person may maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass any person or specific group of persons because of that person's or group of persons' race, ethnicity, religion, ancestry, or national origin:

(1)Cause physical injury to another person; or (2) Deface any real or personal property of another person; or (3) Damage or destroy any real or personal property of another person; or (4) Threaten, by word or act, to do the acts prohibited if there is reasonable cause to believe that any of the acts prohibited in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this section will occur. A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

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Legislative History

SL 1993, ch 177, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 181.

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