South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 27 - Pedestrians Rights And Duties
Section 32-27-4 - Jaywalking--Duty to yield right-of-way to vehicles--Violation as petty offense.

32-27-4. Jaywalking--Duty to yield right-of-way to vehicles--Violation as petty offense.
Every pedestrian crossing a highway within a business or residence district at any point other than a pedestrian crossing, crosswalk, or intersection shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles upon the highway. A violation of this section is a petty offense.

Source: SDC 1939, §44.0318; SL 1945, ch 188; SL 1989, ch 255, §186.

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South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 32 - Motor Vehicles

Chapter 27 - Pedestrians Rights And Duties

Section 32-27-1 - Yielding right-of-way to pedestrian making proper crossing--Regulated intersections--Violation as petty offense.

Section 32-27-1.1 - Pedestrian defined.

Section 32-27-2 - Yielding right-of-way to pedestrians at controlled intersections--Circumstances under which pedestrians must yield--Violation as petty offense.

Section 32-27-3 - Local ordinances regulating crossing at controlled intersections.

Section 32-27-4 - Jaywalking--Duty to yield right-of-way to vehicles--Violation as petty offense.

Section 32-27-5 - Highways without sidewalks--Duty to walk facing traffic--Violation as petty offense.