S.D. Codified Laws § 41-1-1.1
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Persons deemed state residents
Official statutory text
For the purposes of this title, the following are deemed to be residents of this state:
(1) Any person who previously had a domicile in this state who is absent due to business of the United States or of this state, or is serving in the armed forces of the United States or the spouse of an active duty military person;
(2) Any person who previously had a domicile in this state who is absent due to the person's regular attendance at a post-high school institution as a full-time student or due to the person's regular attendance in a medical or dental residency program;
(3) Any person in the active military of the United States or that person's spouse who is continuously stationed in this state;
(4) Any person who is a patient in any war veterans' hospital within this state;
(5) Any person who is an employee of the veterans' administration or any veterans' hospital in this state;
(6) Any person residing on restricted military reservations in this state;
(7) Any person attending regularly a post-high school institution in this state as a full-time student for thirty days or more immediately preceding the application;
(8) Any foreign exchange student over sixteen years of age attending a public or private high school who has resided in the state for thirty days or more preceding the application;
(9) Any foreign exchange student who is between the ages of twelve years and sixteen years who has completed the Department of Game, Fish and Parks' course of instruction in the safe handling of firearms and has been issued a certificate of competency upon completion of instruction and who has resided in the state for thirty days or more preceding application for a license;
(10) Any person who is a minor dependent of a resident of this state; and
(11) For the purpose of acquiring resident small game and fishing licenses, any person who does not reside in South Dakota but who is a member of the South Dakota National Guard or of any other unit of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States that is located in South Dakota.
Source: SL 2008, ch 216, § 3; SL 2014, ch 197, § 1.
(1) Any person who previously had a domicile in this state who is absent due to business of the United States or of this state, or is serving in the armed forces of the United States or the spouse of an active duty military person;
(2) Any person who previously had a domicile in this state who is absent due to the person's regular attendance at a post-high school institution as a full-time student or due to the person's regular attendance in a medical or dental residency program;
(3) Any person in the active military of the United States or that person's spouse who is continuously stationed in this state;
(4) Any person who is a patient in any war veterans' hospital within this state;
(5) Any person who is an employee of the veterans' administration or any veterans' hospital in this state;
(6) Any person residing on restricted military reservations in this state;
(7) Any person attending regularly a post-high school institution in this state as a full-time student for thirty days or more immediately preceding the application;
(8) Any foreign exchange student over sixteen years of age attending a public or private high school who has resided in the state for thirty days or more preceding the application;
(9) Any foreign exchange student who is between the ages of twelve years and sixteen years who has completed the Department of Game, Fish and Parks' course of instruction in the safe handling of firearms and has been issued a certificate of competency upon completion of instruction and who has resided in the state for thirty days or more preceding application for a license;
(10) Any person who is a minor dependent of a resident of this state; and
(11) For the purpose of acquiring resident small game and fishing licenses, any person who does not reside in South Dakota but who is a member of the South Dakota National Guard or of any other unit of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States that is located in South Dakota.
Source: SL 2008, ch 216, § 3; SL 2014, ch 197, § 1.
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