22-22-7. Sexual contact with child under sixteen--Felony or misdemeanor.
Any person, sixteen years of age or older, who knowingly engages in sexual contact with another person, other than that person's spouse if the other person is under the age of sixteen years is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the victim is at least thirteen years of age and the actor is less than five years older than the victim, the actor is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Notwithstanding §23A-42-2, a charge brought pursuant to this section may be commenced at any time before the victim becomes age twenty-five or within seven years of the commission of the crime, whichever is longer.
Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 3, §§1, 2; SL 1955, ch 27; SDC Supp 1960, §13.1727; SDCL §22-22-8; SL 1976, ch 158, §22-3; SL 1977, ch 189, §52; SL 1981, ch 176; SL 1982, ch 176, §2; SL 1984, ch 165, §2; SL 1985, ch 181, §2; SL 1989, ch 194, §1; SL 1989, ch 195, §1; SL 1990, ch 162, §2; SL 1994, ch 166, §3; SL 2006, ch 121, §5; SL 2010, ch 115, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Section 22-22-1 - Rape--Degrees--Felony--Statute of limitations.
Section 22-22-1.2 - Minimum sentences for rape or sexual contact with child.
Section 22-22-1.3 - Contents of presentence investigation report for person convicted of sex crime.
Section 22-22-1.4 - Exception for mitigating circumstances--Factual basis relied upon in writing.
Section 22-22-7 - Sexual contact with child under sixteen--Felony or misdemeanor.
Section 22-22-7.1 - Sexual contact defined--Exception when within the scope of medical practice.
Section 22-22-7.2 - Sexual contact with person incapable of consenting--Felony.
Section 22-22-7.3 - Sexual contact with child under sixteen years of age--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 22-22-7.5 - Safety zone of child victim of sex crime.
Section 22-22-7.8 - Sexual contact with child under eighteen--Position of authority--Penalty.
Section 22-22-24.3 - Sexual exploitation of a minor--Felonies--Assessment.
Section 22-22-26 - County to pay for forensic medical examinations.
Section 22-22-26.1 - Cost of forensic medical examination--Convicted defendant to reimburse county.
Section 22-22-26.4 - Forensic medical examination--Informed Consent--Liability or discipline.
Section 22-22-27 - Definition of terms--Sex offenses by psychotherapists.
Section 22-22-28 - Sexual contact by psychotherapist--Felony.
Section 22-22-29 - Sexual penetration by psychotherapist--Felony.
Section 22-22-42 - Bestiality--Acts constituting--Commission a felony.
Section 22-22-43 - Sexual act with an animal defined--Proof.
Section 22-22-44 - Provisions of § 22-22-42 not applicable to accepted practices.
Section 22-22-45 - Threatening to commit a sexual offense--Felony.