Failure to notify law enforcement that child is missing--Misdemeanor

SDCL § 22-11-37 — under OBSTRUCTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT.

SDCL § 22-11-37

Any parent, legal guardian, or caretaker who knowingly fails to notify law enforcement within forty-eight hours of learning that a child, in his or her care and less than thirteen years of age, is missing is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SL 2012, ch 120 , § 1.