{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-49-45-1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 49-45-1","heading":"Grain buyer's license--Penalty--Civil fine.","body":"Before transacting the business of a grain buyer in this state, a person shall obtain a grain buyer license from the commission.\nA violation of this section is a Class 5 felony if the person holds himself or herself out to be a grain broker and a Class 1 misdemeanor in all other cases. Each purchase of grain without a license is a separate offense.\nA grain buyer transacting business without a license may be enjoined upon complaint of the commission.\nThe commission may assess a civil fine against an unlicensed grain buyer in the amount of five thousand dollars for each purchase of grain, up to a maximum fine of fifty thousand dollars per licensing period, as set forth in § 49-45-3.\nFor purposes of this section, the term, purchase of grain, means a transaction evidenced by the issuance of a uniform scale ticket or receipt, as described in § 49-45-10.1.","path":["TITLE 49. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 49-45. GRAIN BUYERS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-45-1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"f64aa379e3fd890bd5e2ec016cd44edbc002d9608ddbae406d05d71d453aab3b","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-49-44-20","next":"us-sd/sdcl-49-45-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}