South Dakota § 49-31-31 Contact by telephone or other device--Threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts--Penalty.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 49-31-31 — Contact by telephone or other device--Threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts--Penalty.

South Dakota § 49-31-31

Title 49PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 49-29TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

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S.D. Codified Laws § 49-31-31 (2026).

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It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use a telephone or other electronic communication device for any of the following purposes:

(1)To contact another person with intent to terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass, or annoy such person by using obscene or lewd language or by suggesting a lewd or lascivious act;

(2)To contact another person with intent to threaten to inflict physical harm or injury to any person or property;

(3)To contact another person with intent to extort money or other things of value;

(4)To contact another person with intent to disturb that person by repeated anonymous telephone calls or intentionally failing to replace the receiver or disengage the telephone connection; or (5) Except as allowed in § 49-31-31.2 , to contact or to attempt to con

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It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use a telephone or other electronic communication device for any of the following purposes: (1) To contact another person with intent to terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass, or annoy such person by using obscene or lewd language or by suggesting a lewd or lascivious act; (2) To contact another person with intent to threaten to inflict physical harm or injury to any person or property; (3) To contact another person with intent to extort money or other things of value; (4) To contact another person with intent to disturb that person by repeated anonymous telephone calls or intentionally failing to replace the receiver or disengage the telephone connection; or (5) Except as allowed in § 49-31-31.2 , to contact or to attempt to contact another person and, in so doing, intentionally cause to be displayed as caller identification, a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number: (a) To defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value from another person; or (b) Of another person who has not granted the person the right to display that other person's name or phone number, as applicable. It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to knowingly permit a telephone or other electronic communication device under his or her control to be used for a purpose prohibited by this section.