Title 22 — CRIMES

Source: SDCL, § 22-23-1 as added by SL 1976, ch 158 , § 23-1 ; SL 2005, ch 120 , § 176.

A person who is eighteen years of age or older and who engages in or offers to engage in sexual activity for a fee or other compensation is guilty of prostitution, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1717; SL 1976, ch 158 , § 23-1 ; SL 1977, ch 189 , § 53; SL 1985, ch 1…

As used in this chapter the term, sexual activity, references both sexual penetration, as defined in § 22-22-2 , and sexual contact, as defined in §

It is an affirmative defense to a charge of prostitution under § 22-23-1 if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is a victim of human trafficking under chapter 22-49 or that the defendant committed the act only under compulsion by another per…

Any person who: (1) Encourages, induces, procures, or otherwise purposely causes another to become or remain a prostitute; (2) Promotes the prostitution of a minor; or (3) Promotes the prostitution of his or her spouse, child, ward, or other dependant person; is guilty of promoti…

Any person who: (1) Solicits another person to patronize a prostitute; (2) Procures a prostitute for a patron; (3) Transports a person into or within this state to engage in prostitution, or procures or pays for transportation for that purpose; (4) Knowingly permits a place owned…