{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-22-24-31","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 22-24-31","heading":"Defenses for disseminating materials harmful to minors.","body":"In any prosecution for disseminating material harmful to minors, it is an affirmative defense that:\n(1) The defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved was eighteen years old or more. A draft card, driver's license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document is evidence establishing that the minor was eighteen years of age or older;\n(2) The minor involved was accompanied by a parent or guardian, or by an adult and the adult represented that he or she was the minor's parent or guardian or an adult and the adult signed a written statement to that effect;\n(3) The defendant was the parent or guardian of the minor involved; or\n(4) The defendant was a bona fide school, college, university, museum, or public library, or was acting in the capacity of an employee of such an organization or a retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational purposes of such an organization.","path":["TITLE 22. CRIMES","CHAPTER 22-24. OBSCENITY AND PUBLIC INDECENCY"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-24-31","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"e2c51d64a2c4d154ade2b801deb49061e39aedeaea1d0974b0bd85b18bc0d6ed","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-22-24-30","next":"us-sd/sdcl-22-24-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}