South Dakota Statutes
§ 41-11-2 — Taking, possession, sale or transportation of wild bird or small game prohibited except as provided.
South Dakota § 41-11-2
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 41GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY
Ch. 41-10PROTECTION OF BIRDS AND SMALL GAME
This text of South Dakota § 41-11-2 (Taking, possession, sale or transportation of wild bird or small game prohibited except as provided.) 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.
Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 41-11-2 (2026).
Text
Except as permitted by § 41-11-10 and the rules prescribed by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission, no person may kill, catch, or have in possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than small game, or purchase, offer or expose for sale, transport, or ship within or without the state, any such wild bird or small game after it has been killed or caught. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 25.0402; SL 1945, ch 96; SL 1967, ch 85, § 1; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 1991, ch 337, § 71.
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§ 41-1-1
Definitions.§ 41-1-1.1
Persons deemed state residents.§ 41-1-1.2
Termination of resident status.§ 41-1-1.3
Definition of trophy animals.§ 41-1-1.4
Definition of nontrophy animals.§ 41-1-13
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 41-11-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/41-11-2.