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2006 South Dakota Code - 34-46-2.1 — Merchant may detain minor who purchases, attempts to purchase or consumestobacco product--Conditions.
34-46-2.1. Merchant may detain minor who purchases, attempts to purchase or consumes tobacco product--Conditions. Any merchant who has reasonable grounds to believe that a minor has illegally purchased, attempted to purchase, possess, or consume a tobacco product, in violation of § 34-46-2, may detain the minor, on the premises of the merchant's establishment, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time:
(1) To request identification;
(2) To verify the
identification;
(3) To make reasonable inquiry as to
whether the minor has violated § 34-46-2 in any
manner;
(4) To inform a law enforcement officer of
the detention of the person and surrender that person to the
custody of a law enforcement officer; or
(5) To inform a law enforcement officer or
the parents, guardian, or other private person interested in the
welfare of that minor of this detention and to surrender custody of
the minor to that person.
Source: SL 2000, ch 185, § 3.
Source: SL 2000, ch 185, § 3.
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