South Dakota
Every law and rule change USCLI tracks for South Dakota, across the professions, on one page. Each entry links to its full write-up and official sources.
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South Dakota has no state private investigator license; the Attorney General’s office says only a sales tax license is required. Laws affecting investigators have changed: 2024 and 2026 laws restrict drone use, and 2026 laws made publishing an officer’s home address with intent to cause fear a felony, rewrote the invasion-of-privacy recording crime, and raised the driving record fee to $7.
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Felony to publish an officer’s home address with intent to cause fear
Makes it a Class 6 felony to publish electronically the home address, date of birth, or Social Security number of a judicial or law enforcement officer without the officer’s consent and with intent to place the officer or family in reasonable fear of death…
Invasion-of-privacy recording crime rewritten
Amends SDCL 22-21-4, which already made it a crime to photograph or record a person nude, under or through clothing, or in a sexual act. The act removes the element that the victim be in circumstances with a reasonable expectation of privacy, broadens the…
Judges’ and officers’ contact details withheld from voter files
Makes the home address, personal phone, and personal email of current or retired judges and law enforcement officers non-public in voter registration files (SDCL 12-4-9.3); previously only judges’ home addresses were withheld.
Statewide voter file posted weekly; commercial use still barred
Requires the Secretary of State to post the complete statewide voter registration file every week, with a free five-year archive (SDCL 12-4-37, 12-4-37.1). Voter-file information still may not be used for any commercial purpose, a Class 1 misdemeanor…
Driving record abstract fee rises to $7
Raises the fee for a certified three-year driving record abstract from $5 to $7 (SDCL 32-35-101).
Officer Certification Tracker
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Forensic Science Tracker
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Last updated October 18, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & Investigation