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2006 South Dakota Code - 22-6-2 — Misdemeanor classes and penalties--Restitution--Misdemeanor when no penaltyimposed.
22-6-2. Misdemeanor classes and penalties--Restitution--Misdemeanor when no penalty imposed. Misdemeanors are divided into two classes which are distinguished from each other by the following maximum penalties which are authorized upon conviction:
(1) Class 1 misdemeanor: one year
imprisonment in a county jail or two thousand dollars fine, or
both;
(2) Class 2 misdemeanor: thirty days
imprisonment in a county jail or five hundred dollars fine, or
both.
The court,
in imposing sentence on a defendant who has been found guilty of a
misdemeanor, shall order, in addition to the sentence that is
imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section, that the
defendant make restitution to any victim in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 23A-28.
Except in
Titles 1 to 20, inclusive, 22, 25 to 28, inclusive, 32 to 36,
inclusive, 40 to 42, inclusive, 47 to 54, inclusive, and 58 to 62,
inclusive, if the performance of an act is prohibited by a statute,
and no penalty for the violation of such statute is imposed by a
statute, the doing of such act is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.0105, 13.0607; SDCL § 22-1-5; SL 1976, ch 158, §§ 1-3, 6-2, 6-5; SL 1977, ch 189, § 17; SL 1978, ch 158, § 5; SL 1985, ch 192, § 3; SL 1989, ch 255, § 2; SL 1990, ch 158, § 1; SL 1991, ch 186, § 2; SL 1991, ch 187, § 4; SL 1991, ch 337, § 1; SL 1992, ch 158, § 1; SL 1993, ch 172, § 1; SL 1994, ch 161; SL 1995, ch 120, § 1; SL 1997, ch 126, § 1; SL 1997, ch 143, § 6; SL 2005, ch 120, § 173.
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