38-35-2. Purchasing, receiving, or obtaining industrial hemp--License required--Violation as misdemeanor.
No person may purchase, receive, or obtain industrial hemp or product in process, other than industrial hemp seed or industrial hemp product, for planting, storing, propagating, producing, or processing unless the person has a license as provided by this chapter or is working under contract with or under the direction of a licensee. The licensee is responsible, either civilly or criminally, for any person working under contract with or under the direction of a licensee for all sections of this chapter.
It is a Class 2 misdemeanor to purchase, receive, or obtain industrial hemp or product in process, other than industrial hemp product, for planting, storing, propagating, producing, or processing without a license. No unlicensed person is subject to criminal penalties for possession or distribution of hemp seed.
Source: SL 2020, ch 176, §2, eff. Mar. 27, 2020; SL 2022, ch 155, §2, eff. Mar. 18, 2022.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 38 - Agriculture and Horticulture
Section 38-35-1 - Definitions.
Section 38-35-3 - Application for grower license--Location and size requirements.
Section 38-35-3.1 - Application for a research license.
Section 38-35-4 - Application for processor license--Fee--Location notice.
Section 38-35-5 - Criminal background check--Denial of license for conviction--Licensure exemption.
Section 38-35-6 - Hemp regulatory program fund--Purpose--Expenditures.
Section 38-35-7 - License issuance--Denial, revocation, or suspension--Contested case.
Section 38-35-8 - Planting verification--Documentation to be filed--Contents.
Section 38-35-10 - Inspection timing and procedure--Disclose information.
Section 38-35-11 - Promulgation of rules--Fees.
Section 38-35-12 - Department of Health--Promulgation of rules.
Section 38-35-14 - Testing samples--Exceeding concentration--Destruction or remediation of lot.
Section 38-35-18 - Rules of United States Department of Agriculture.
Section 38-35-19 - Reporting to attorney general.
Section 38-35-20 - Coordination with other government entities.
Section 38-35-21 - Industrial hemp for smoking prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 38-35-22 - Industrial hemp used in wildlife food plots.
Section 38-35-23 - Prohibition on industrial hemp and marijuana being commingled.