South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 24B - Sex Offender Registry
Section 22-24B-27 - Community Safety Zone--Exemption--Eligibility.

22-24B-27. Community Safety Zone--Exemption--Eligibility.
To be eligible for exemption from the community safety zone restrictions, the petitioner shall show, by clear and convincing evidence, the following:
(1)That at least ten years have elapsed since the date the petitioner was convicted of the offense that subjected the petitioner to community safety zone restrictions pursuant to §§22-24B-22 to 22-24B-28, inclusive. For purposes of this subdivision, any period of time during which the petitioner was incarcerated or during which the petitioner was confined in a mental health facility or during which the petitioner was on probation or parole supervision does not count toward the ten-year calculation, regardless of whether such incarceration, confinement or community supervision was for the sex offense requiring registration or for some other offense;
(2)That the petitioner is not a recidivist sex offender. A recidivist sex offender is a person who has been convicted or adjudicated for more than one sex crime listed in §22-24B-1, regardless of when those convictions or adjudications occurred. For purposes of this subdivision and subdivision (1) of this section, a conviction or adjudication includes a verdict or plea of guilty; a verdict or plea of guilty but mentally ill; a plea of nolo contendere; a suspended imposition of sentence granted under §23A-27-13, regardless of whether it has been discharged; a deferred prosecution agreement entered by a prosecutor; and a determination made in another state, federal jurisdiction, or courts martial that is comparable to any of these events;
(3)That the petitioner has completely and truthfully complied with the registration and reregistration requirements imposed under this chapter;
(4)That the petitioner has actually resided in South Dakota at least ten consecutive years immediately prior to the filing of the petition. Residence as used in this subdivision does not mean the registration address of an incarcerated sex offender; and
(5)The circumstances of the crime subjecting the offender to community safety zone restrictions did not involve a child under age thirteen.

Source: SL 2006, ch 125, §6; SL 2020, ch 87, § 2.

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