South Dakota Statutes

§ 35-4-78 — Sale of alcoholic beverage to obviously intoxicated person prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability.

South Dakota § 35-4-78
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 35ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Ch. 35-3SALE OF BEVERAGES

This text of South Dakota § 35-4-78 (Sale of alcoholic beverage to obviously intoxicated person prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability.) 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 § 35-4-78 (2026).

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No licensee may sell or serve any alcoholic beverage to any person who is obviously intoxicated. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, no licensee is civilly liable to any injured person or the injured person's estate for any injury suffered, including any action for wrongful death, or property damage suffered because of the intoxication of any person due to the sale or consumption of any alcoholic beverage in violation of the provisions of this section.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939, §§ 5.0226 (2), 5.9905; SL 1971, ch 211, § 70; SL 1977, ch 190, § 125; SL 1985, ch 295, § 2; SL 1987, ch 261, § 27; SL 2010, ch 180, § 34; SL 2018, ch 213, § 85.

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