No insurer may, directly or indirectly through its insurance producers or representatives, participate in any plan to offer or effect any kind or kinds of life insurance, health insurance, property insurance, casualty insurance, surety insurance, or annuities in this state as an inducement to, or in combination with, the purchase by the public of any goods, securities, commodities, services, or subscriptions to periodicals, except upon the payment of a bona fide premium by the insured. Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 2 misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $500
For details, see § 22-6-2

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-33-15

  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • State: when used in context signifying a jurisdiction other than the State of South Dakota, a state, the District of Columbia, a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States of America, or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-1-2

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 13, § 14 (1); SL 1967, ch 132; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2; SL 2001, ch 286, § 201.