Offer of forged or fraudulent evidence--Felony

Any person who, in any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation authorized by law, offers in evidence as genuine, any book, paper, document, record, or other instrument in writing, knowing that it has been forged or fraudulently altered, is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Source: SL 1939, § 13.1244; SDCL, § 22-39-30; SL 1976, ch 158 , § 11-16; SDCL, § 22-11-21; SL 2005, ch 120 , §§ 216, 217.