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SDCL § 35-9-1 Furnishing alcoholic beverage to child prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability
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It is a Class 1 misdemeanor to sell or give for use as a beverage any alcoholic beverage to any person under the age of eighteen years unless: (1) It is done in the immediate presence of a parent or guardian or spouse, who is at least twenty-one years of age, while not on the pre…
SDCL § 35-9-1.1 Furnishing alcoholic beverage to person eighteen years or older but less than twenty-one years prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability
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It is a Class 2 misdemeanor to sell or give for use as a beverage any alcoholic beverage to any person who is eighteen years of age or older but less than twenty-one years of age unless it is done in the immediate presence of a parent or guardian or spouse over twenty-one years o…
SDCL § 35-9-1.2 Reasonable attempt to investigate age
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Any person charged with a violation of § 35-9-1 , 35-9-1.1 , or 35-12B-7 , may offer evidence, as a defense, that the person made a reasonable attempt to investigate the age of the person by examining an age-bearing identification document that would have appeared valid to a reas…
SDCL § 35-9-1.3 Sale of alcoholic beverage to underaged person based on false identification document--Conviction barred
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No person may be convicted of illegally selling any alcoholic beverage to any underage person pursuant to § 35-9-1 or 35-9-1.1 , if the underage person was in possession of, and the seller relied upon, any false age - bearing identification document that was furnished to the unde…