23-6-6. Classification of crimes and offenders--Promulgation by director--Misdemeanor.
The director shall promulgate classifications and shall prepare forms for the statistical classification of crimes, of offenders, of their punishment and treatment and of all other pertinent information, to conform, as far as practicable, with those promulgated by the appropriate agency in the United States Department of Justice, and by the Federal Bureau of the Census. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1939, ch 138, §§4, 15; SDC Supp 1960, §§55.15A04, 55.9933; SDCL, §23-6-18; SL 1978, ch 169, §2.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06 - Criminal Statistics
Section 23-6-1 - Bureau of Criminal Statistics--Establishment in Office of Attorney General.
Section 23-6-2 - Attorney general as director of bureau--Seal--No salary.
Section 23-6-4 - Statistical information--Compilation by director--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-5 - Information as to particular offenders--Gathering by director--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-6 - Classification of crimes and offenders--Promulgation by director--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-7 - Authority of director to enter prisons and penal institutions--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-8.1 - Destruction of records of certain persons, incidents, and offenses.
Section 23-6-9 - Copy of available information--Furnishing to law enforcement agencies--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-10 - Reports by director--Contents--Distribution--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-11 - Access of director to public records--Misdemeanor.
Section 23-6-14 - Access to files and records of bureau.
Section 23-6-15 - Acceptance of rewards by director or employees prohibited.
Section 23-6-17 - Coroners--Transmission of information required by director--Misdemeanor.