There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - CRIMES
Chapter 18 - Assaults And Personal Injuries
- § 22-18-1 Simple assault--Misdemeanor--Felony for subsequent offenses.
- § 22-18-1.05 Simple or aggravated assault against law enforcement officer, Department of Corrections employee or person under contract, or other public officer.
- § 22-18-1.1 Aggravated assault--Felony.
- § 22-18-1.2 Criminal battery of an unborn child--Misdemeanor.
- § 22-18-1.3 Aggravated criminal battery of an unborn child--Felony.
- § 22-18-1.4 Aggravated battery of an infant--Felony.
- § 22-18-2 Justifiable force used by public officer in performance of duty--Assistance or direction of officer.
- § 22-18-3 Lawful force in arrest and delivery of felon.
- § 22-18-4 Justifiable use of force to protect property--Use of deadly force--Duty to retreat.
- § 22-18-5 Reasonable force used by parent, guardian, or teacher in correcting child, pupil, or ward.
- § 22-18-6 Reasonable force used by carrier to expel passenger--Vehicle stopped.
- § 22-18-7 to 22-18-25. Repealed.
- § 22-18-26 Assault by convicted or incarcerated person under Department of Corrections jurisdiction--Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Felony.
- § 22-18-26.1 Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Assault upon any other person--Misdemeanor.
- § 22-18-27 , 22-18-28. Repealed.
- § 22-18-29 Assault by adult prisoner in county or municipal jail--Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Felony.
- § 22-18-29.1 Assault by juvenile confined in detention facility or juvenile corrections facility--Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Felony.
- § 22-18-30 Violation as third or subsequent offense--Use of offense in another state.
- § 22-18-31 Intentional exposure to HIV infection a felony.
- § 22-18-32 Definition of terms.
- § 22-18-33 Informed consent of person exposed to HIV an affirmative defense.
- § 22-18-34 Actual transmission of HIV not required for criminal exposure.
- § 22-18-35 Disorderly conduct--Misdemeanor.
- § 22-18-36 Vehicular battery.
- § 22-18-37 Female genital mutilation--Felony.
- § 22-18-38 Religion, custom, or consent not a defense to female genital mutilation.
- § 22-18-39 Certain surgical procedures permitted.
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