{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-49-31-31","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 49-31-31","heading":"Contact by telephone or other device--Threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts--Penalty.","body":"It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use a telephone or other electronic communication device for any of the following purposes:\n(1) To contact another person with intent to terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass, or annoy such person by using obscene or lewd language or by suggesting a lewd or lascivious act;\n(2) To contact another person with intent to threaten to inflict physical harm or injury to any person or property;\n(3) To contact another person with intent to extort money or other things of value;\n(4) To contact another person with intent to disturb that person by repeated anonymous telephone calls or intentionally failing to replace the receiver or disengage the telephone connection; or\n(5) Except as allowed in § 49-31-31.2, to contact or to attempt to contact another person and, in so doing, intentionally cause to be displayed as caller identification, a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number:\n(a) To defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value from another person; or\n(b) Of another person who has not granted the person the right to display that other person's name or phone number, as applicable.\nIt is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to knowingly permit a telephone or other electronic communication device under his or her control to be used for a purpose prohibited by this section.","path":["TITLE 49. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 49-31. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-31-31","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"784932a0975f83d22375bbe6658775845facaefc6122e6741defa703f3820bf1","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-49-31-30","next":"us-sd/sdcl-49-31-31.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}