{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-49-31-121","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 49-31-121","heading":"Obtaining confidential communications records without authorization from customer as misdemeanor.","body":"No person may obtain, or attempt to obtain, confidential communications records information from a communications provider, without authorization from the customer to whom such confidential communications records information relates, by knowingly and intentionally:\n(1) Making false or fraudulent statements or representations to an employee of a communications provider;\n(2) Making false or fraudulent statements or representations to a customer of a communications provider;\n(3) Providing false documentation to a communications provider knowing that the documentation is false;\n(4) Wrongfully accessing customer accounts of a communications provider via the internet; or\n(5) Receiving confidential communications records information knowing such information has been obtained by fraudulent, deceptive, or false means.\nA violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 49. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 49-31. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-31-121","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"fccc2f119ff59820b7c874c3fda3a30325abec30534b79acfca21b9bbf4e76ca","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-49-31-120","next":"us-sd/sdcl-49-31-122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}