S.D. Codified Laws § 22-1-7
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Completion of crime involving dispatch of letter
Official statutory text
In the various cases in which the sending of a letter is made criminal by the statutes of this state, the offense is deemed complete from the time when such letter is deposited in any post office or any other place or delivered to any person with intent that it be forwarded.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0107; SL 1976, ch 158, § 1-8 ; SL 2005, ch 120, § 361.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0107; SL 1976, ch 158, § 1-8 ; SL 2005, ch 120, § 361.
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