{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-22-30a-4","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 22-30A-4","heading":"Theft by threat.","body":"A person is guilty of theft if the person obtains property of another by threatening to:\n(1) Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any criminal offense;\n(2) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense;\n(3) Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to impair any person's credit or business repute;\n(4) Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action;\n(5) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act;\n(6) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or\n(7) Inflict any other harm which would not benefit the person making the threat.","path":["TITLE 22. CRIMES","CHAPTER 22-30A. THEFT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-30A-4","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"2efea94ee0827c6a3346738afe0e83469e7f52b39408856f2ec19c503b685b90","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-22-30a-3.1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-22-30a-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}