{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-41-23-18","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 41-23-18","heading":"Criminal trespass--Exceptions.","body":"Any person who enters or remains upon private property or waters overlying private property in violation of this chapter is guilty of a criminal trespass in accordance with the applicable provisions of chapters 41-9 and 22-35, except for unarmed retrieval of lawfully taken small game as authorized in § 41-9-8 and subject to any affirmative defense set forth in § 22-35-7. However, any contact between recreational equipment and private property underlying any nonmeandered lake incidental to a lawful recreational use is not a criminal trespass.","path":["TITLE 41. GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY","CHAPTER 41-23. RECREATIONAL USE OF NONMEANDERED WATERS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/41-23-18","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"ae816434f8e5fd26e6ee6acb8d3bc9682192720a6fda73de615bda42b9e702a9","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-41-23-17","next":"us-sd/sdcl-41-23-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}