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§22-19A-8 Petition for Protection Order -- Procedure
§22-19A-9 Filing Petition for Protection -- Venue
A petition for relief under §§ 22-19A-8 to 22-19A-16, inclusive, may be filed in circuit court or in a magistrate court with a magistrate judge presiding. Venue lies where any party to the proceedings resides.
§ 22-19A-10. Hearing on petition for protection—Date—Notice. (2009)
Upon receipt of the petition, if sufficient grounds are alleged for relief, the court shall order a hearing which shall be held not later than thirty days from the date of the order unless for good cause the court grants a continuance. Personal service of the petition, affidavit, and notice for hearing shall be made on the respondent not less than five days prior to the hearing.
§22-19A-11 Petition for Protection Order -- Relief
Upon notice and a hearing, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that stalking has taken place, the court may provide relief as follows:
(1) Restrain any party from committing acts of stalking or physical injury as a result of an assault or a crime of violence as defined in subdivision 22-1-2(9);
(2) Order other relief as the court deems necessary for the protection of the person seeking the protection order, including orders or directives to law enforcement officials.
§22-19A-12 Ex Parte Temporary Order Pending Full Hearing on Petition for Protection
If an affidavit filed with an application under § 22-19A-8 alleges that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage is likely to result before an adverse party or the party's attorney can be heard in opposition, the court may grant an ex parte temporary protection order pending a full hearing and granting relief as the court deems proper, including an order restraining any person from committing acts of stalking or physical injury as a result of an assault or a crime of violence as defined in subdivision 22-1-2(9). An ex parte temporary protection order is effective for a period of thirty days unless for good cause the court grants a continuance. No continuance may exceed thirty days. If a continuance is granted, the court by order shall extend the ex parte temporary protection order until the rescheduled hearing date. The respondent shall be personally served forthwith with a copy of the ex parte order along with a copy of the petition, affidavit, and notice of the date set for the hearing.
§ 22-19A-13. Petition for order of protection -- Security not required. (1997)
The court may not require an undertaking or other security of any party to a petition for an order of protection other than in exceptional circumstances.
§ 22-19A-14 Order of Protection -- Modification
§ 22-19A-15. Order of protection -- Delivery to law enforcement
The petitioner may deliver an order for protection granted pursuant to §§ 22-19A-8 to 22-19A-16, inclusive, within twenty-four hours to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the residence of the petitioner. Each appropriate law enforcement agency shall make available to other law enforcement officers information as to the existence and status of any order for protection issued pursuant to §§ 22-19A-8 to 22-19A-16, inclusive.
§ 22-19A-16 Violation of Protection Order -- Penalties
If a temporary protection order or a protection order is granted pursuant to §§ 22-19A-8 to 22-19A-16, inclusive, and the respondent or person to be restrained knows of the order, violation of the order is a Class 1 misdemeanor. If any violation of this section constitutes an assault pursuant to § 22-18-1.1, the violation is a Class 6 felony. If a respondent or person to be restrained has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to, two or more violations of this section, the factual basis for which occurred after the date of the second conviction, and occurred within five years of committing the current offense, the respondent or person to be restrained is guilty of a Class 6 felony for any third or subsequent offense. Any proceeding under §§ 22-19A-8 to 22-19A-16, inclusive, is in addition to other civil or criminal remedies.
§ 22-19A-17. Defendant prohibited from contacting victim prior to court appearance (2010)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-1. Elements – Penalty.(2006)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-2. Violation when restraining or protection order in effect – Penalty. (1994)
Any person who violates § 22-19A-1 when there is a temporary restraining order, or an injunction, or a protection order, in effect prohibiting the behavior described in § 22-19A-1 against the same party, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-3. Subsequent convictions with violence or threat – Penalty. (1993)
A second or subsequent conviction occurring within seven years of a prior conviction under § 22-19A-1, 22-19A-2 or 22-19A-7 against the same victim, and involving an act of violence, or a credible threat of violence, is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-4. "Harasses" defined. (1993)
For the purposes of this chapter, "harasses" means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or harasses the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-5. "Course of conduct" defined. (1992)
For the purposes of this chapter, "course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct."
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-6. "A credible threat" defined. (1993)
For the purposes of this chapter, "a credible threat" means a threat made with the intent and the apparent ability to carry out the threat. A credible threat need not be expressed verbally.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-7. Felonious stalking – Penalty. (2002)
Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses a child twelve years of age or younger or who makes a credible threat to a child twelve years of age or younger with the intent to place that child in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury or with the intent to cause the child to reasonably fear for the child's safety is guilty of the crime of felony stalking. Felonious stalking is a Class 6 felony.
S.D.Codified Laws § 22-19A-8. Petition for protection order – Procedure. (2007)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-9. Filing petition for protection – Venue. (2008)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-10. Hearing on petition for protection—Date—Notice. (2009)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-11. Petition for protection order -- Relief. (2007)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-12. Ex parte temporary order pending full hearing on petition for protection (2009)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-13. Petition for order of protection -- Security not required. (1997)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-14. Order of protection – Modification. (1997)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-15. Order of protection -- Delivery to law enforcement. (1997)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-16. Violation of protection order – Penalties. (2004)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19A-17. Defendant prohibited from contacting victim prior to court appearance (2010)
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-9-32. Malicious harassment -- Civil action (2006)
In addition to the criminal penalty provided in § 22-19B-1, there is a civil cause of action for malicious harassment. The victim of malicious harassment may recover both special and general damages, including damages for emotional distress, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and punitive damages. The civil cause of action for malicious harassment is in addition to any other remedies, criminal or civil, otherwise available under law.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19B-1. Malicious harassment – Penalty. (2005)
No person may maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass any person or specific group of persons because of that person's or group of persons' race, ethnicity, religion, ancestry, or national origin:
(1) Cause physical injury to another person; or
(2) Deface any real or personal property of another person; or
(3) Damage or destroy any real or personal property of another person; or
(4) Threaten, by word or act, to do the acts prohibited if there is reasonable cause to believe that any of the acts prohibited in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this section will occur.