22-30A-4. Theft by threat.
A person is guilty of theft if the person obtains property of another by threatening to:
(1)Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any criminal offense;
(2)Accuse anyone of a criminal offense;
(3)Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to impair any person's credit or business repute;
(4)Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action;
(5)Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act;
(6)Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
(7)Inflict any other harm which would not benefit the person making the threat.
Source: SDC 1939, §§13.3901, 13.3902, 13.3907; SDCL, §§22-31-1, 22-31-2, 22-31-5; SL 1976, ch 158, §30A-10; SL 2005, ch 120, §53.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Section 22-30A-1 - Theft--Violation.
Section 22-30A-2 - Transfer of another's property as theft.
Section 22-30A-3 - Theft by deception.
Section 22-30A-4 - Theft by threat.
Section 22-30A-6 - Theft of lost or mislaid property.
Section 22-30A-7 - Receiving stolen property.
Section 22-30A-8 - Obtaining property or services without paying.
Section 22-30A-8.1 - Obtaining property or services with false debit or credit card.
Section 22-30A-9 - Diverting services of another.
Section 22-30A-10 - Embezzlement of property received in trust.
Section 22-30A-11 - Disqualification from public office.
Section 22-30A-12 - Unauthorized operation of vehicle or vessel as misdemeanor.
Section 22-30A-13 - Theft by conversion of rented personalty after notice of termination.
Section 22-30A-14 - Affirmative defense to conversion of leased or rented personalty.
Section 22-30A-16 - Ignorance and honest claim of right as affirmative defenses to theft.
Section 22-30A-17 - Grand theft--Felony.
Section 22-30A-17.1 - Aggravated grand theft--Felony.
Section 22-30A-17.2 - Petty theft in the first degree--Misdemeanor.
Section 22-30A-17.3 - Petty theft in the second degree--Misdemeanor.
Section 22-30A-18 - Aggregation of related thefts to determine degree of offense.
Section 22-30A-19.1 - Liability of shoplifter to owner or seller--Penalty.
Section 22-30A-19.2 - Detention of suspected shoplifter--Reasonableness--Grounds.
Section 22-30A-19.3 - Demand for payment by victim of retail theft.
Section 22-30A-19.4 - Failure to pay liability for theft--Penalty doubled.
Section 22-30A-21 - Law enforcement officer retaining seized property as theft.
Section 22-30A-25 - Theft by no account check--Degrees according to amount--Aggregation of checks.
Section 22-30A-28 - Goods, services, taxes, and other obligations as present consideration.
Section 22-30A-29 - Postdated check not in violation.
Section 22-30A-31 - Passing check as prima facie evidence.
Section 22-30A-34 - Contents of notice of dishonor.
Section 22-30A-38 - Combination of instruments--Court.
Section 22-30A-40 - Liability for cost of motor fuel received--Service charge.
Section 22-30A-43 - Payment or dispute of claim--Court action--Service charge and expenses .
Section 22-30A-44 - Criminal action prohibited if retailer receives payment or court award.
Section 22-30A-45 - Public official defined.
Section 22-30A-46 - Public official's use of public funds for official's financial benefit as theft.