South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 18 - Assaults And Personal Injuries
Section 22-18-1.5 - Assaults with intent to cause serious permanent disfigurement--Felony.

22-18-1.5. Assaults with intent to cause serious permanent disfigurement--Felony.
Any person, who assaults another with the intent to cause serious permanent disfigurement and causes serious permanent disfigurement, is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
Assault with intent to cause serious permanent disfigurement as set forth in this section may be charged in the alternative as aggravated assault, as set forth in §22-18-1.1.

Source: SL 2017, ch 96, §1.

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Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 22 - Crimes

Chapter 18 - Assaults And Personal Injuries

Section 22-18-1 - Simple assault--Violation as misdemeanor--Third or subsequent offense a felony--Violation in other states.

Section 22-18-1.1 - Aggravated assault--Felony.

Section 22-18-1.2 - Criminal battery of an unborn child--Misdemeanor.

Section 22-18-1.3 - Aggravated criminal battery of an unborn child--Felony.

Section 22-18-1.4 - Aggravated battery of an infant--Felony.

Section 22-18-1.5 - Assaults with intent to cause serious permanent disfigurement--Felony.

Section 22-18-1.05 - Simple or aggravated assault against law enforcement officer, firefighter, ambulance personnel, Department of Corrections employee or contractor, health care personnel, or other public officer.

Section 22-18-2 - Justifiable force used by public officer in performance of duty--Assistance or direction of officer.

Section 22-18-3 - Lawful force in arrest and delivery of felon.

Section 22-18-3.1 - Definitions.

Section 22-18-4 - Force--Defense of person.

Section 22-18-4.1 - Deadly force--Defense of person.

Section 22-18-4.2 - Defense of dwelling or residence--Force--Deadly force.

Section 22-18-4.3 - Imminent death--Great bodily injury--Reasonable fear.

Section 22-18-4.4 - Presumption of fear--Exceptions.

Section 22-18-4.5 - Unlawful entry--Presumption.

Section 22-18-4.6 - Force--Defense of property other than a dwelling.

Section 22-18-4.7 - Deadly force--Defense of property other than a dwelling.

Section 22-18-4.8 - Immunity--Burden of proof.

Section 22-18-4.9 - Aggressor--Use of force--Justification not available.

Section 22-18-5 - Reasonable force used by parent, guardian, or teacher in correcting child, pupil, or ward.

Section 22-18-6 - Reasonable force used by carrier to expel passenger--Vehicle stopped.

Section 22-18-26 - Assault by convicted or incarcerated person under Department of Corrections jurisdiction--Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Felony.

Section 22-18-26.1 - Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Assault upon any other person--Misdemeanor.

Section 22-18-29 - Assault by adult prisoner in county or municipal jail--Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Felony.

Section 22-18-29.1 - Assault by juvenile confined in detention facility or juvenile corrections facility--Intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste--Felony.

Section 22-18-30 - Third or subsequent offense--Offense in another state.

Section 22-18-31 - Intentional exposure to HIV infection a felony.

Section 22-18-32 - Definition of terms.

Section 22-18-33 - Informed consent of person exposed to HIV an affirmative defense.

Section 22-18-34 - Actual transmission of HIV not required for criminal exposure.

Section 22-18-35 - Disorderly conduct--Misdemeanor.

Section 22-18-36 - Vehicular battery.

Section 22-18-37 - Female genital mutilation--Felony.

Section 22-18-38 - Religion, custom, or consent not a defense to female genital mutilation.

Section 22-18-39 - Certain surgical procedures permitted.

Section 22-18-40 - Standing on highway with intent to impede or stop traffic--Misdemeanor.

Section 22-18-41 - Unlawful directing--Light--Laser pointer.