S.D. Codified Laws § 47-1A-129

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Penalty for signing false document

Official statutory text

No person may sign a document, paper form or electronically, knowing it is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing. An offense under this section is subject to a civil fine in any amount not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Source: SL 2005, ch 239, § 18; SL 2012, ch 222, § 1.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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