{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-1-4","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 27A-1-4","heading":"Unlawful confinement of mentally ill as felony or misdemeanor.","body":"Any person who intentionally and wrongfully places or attempts to place any person in a facility for the mentally ill by any method other than as prescribed by law is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Any person who confines any mentally ill person in any other manner or in any other place than is authorized by law, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\nSource: SDC 1939, § 13.2708; SDCL, § 27-1-6; SL 1975, ch 181, § 43; SL 1991, ch 220, § 4.","path":["TITLE 27A. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS","CHAPTER 27A-1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/27A-1-4","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"0bb299f8c68e483b7e6879b5cd7b929363dfa8c40ba04e5d0558574400c4b6a7","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-1-3","next":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-1-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}