2015 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 37 - TRADE REGULATION
Chapter 24 - Deceptive Trade Practices And Consumer Protection
§ 37-24-52 Organized retail crime--Each act a misdemeanor or felony.
37-24-52. Organized retail crime--Each act a misdemeanor or felony.
A person is guilty of organized retail crime if that person, alone or in association with another person, does any of the following:
(1) Knowingly commits an organized retail crime;
(2) Organizes, supervises, conspires, finances, or otherwise manages or assists another person in committing an organized retail crime;
(3) Removes, destroys, deactivates, or knowingly evades any component of an anti-shoplifting or inventory control device to prevent the activation of that device or to facilitate another person in committing an organized retail crime; or
(4) Knowingly causes a fire exit alarm to sound or otherwise activate, or deactivates or prevents a fire exit alarm from sounding, in the commission of an organized retail crime by another person.
Each act in violation of this section under one thousand dollars is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Each act in violation of this section over one thousand dollars but under one hundred thousand dollars is a Class 6 felony. Each act in violation of this section over one hundred thousand dollars is a Class 5 felony.
Source: SL 2014, ch 191, ยง 6.
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