2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - Crimes
Chapter 11 - Obstruction Of The Administration Of Government
§ 22-11-37 Failure to notify law enforcement that child is missing--Misdemeanor.

22-11-37. Failure to notify law enforcement that child is missing--Misdemeanor. Any parent, legal guardian, or caretaker who knowingly fails to notify law enforcement within forty-eight hours of learning that a child, in his or her care and less than thirteen years of age, is missing is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 2012, ch 120, ยง 1.

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