No person who has been convicted of a felony in this state or elsewhere within the past ten years shall possess any frequency modulation receiving equipment capable of being so adjusted or tuned as to receive messages or signals on frequencies assigned by the Federal Communications Commission to local or state law enforcement officers, or to the state or any of its agencies. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any radio station licensed by the Federal Communications System.

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 23-4-2

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1965, ch 223, § 6; SDCL, § 23-4-6; SL 1976, ch 161; SL 1978, ch 169, §§ 1, 19.