Any grain warehouse operator, or any officer, agent or employee, who issues a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word, duplicate, except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subdivision 57A-7-601(1), is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 5 felonyup to 5 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see § 22-6-1

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Source: SL 2008, ch 249, § 34.