In the state of South
Dakota a concealed pistol may be carried with a valid concealed
pistol permit honored in South Dakota and that is allowed by state
and local laws. Some, not all, South Dakota state laws
are posted below.
* No person may
discharge a firearm while on that portion of public waters of this
state that inundate privately-owned property from a location which
is within 660 feet of an occupied dwelling, church, schoolhouse, or
livestock being held in a confined area according to standard animal
husbandry practices. However, a landowner or any person receiving
permission from the landowner may discharge a firearm while on that
portion of public waters that inundate the private property of that
landowner. (SDCL 41-9-1.4)
* No person may possess any firearm in
a courthouse, at any school, or parking lot of a school (vehicles
are included). (SDCL 13-32-7 and SDCL 22-14-23)
* Any type of firearm cannot be
carried on a snowmobile unless the firearm is COMPLETELY
UNLOADED AND ENCASED! (SDCL 32-20A-11)
* No person who has the intent to
commit a felony may carry a weapon. (SDCL 22-14-8)
* Any intoxicated person MAY NOT carry
a firearm. (SDCL 22-14-7) No person may possess a firearm while in
an alcohol establishment (example: bar) which derives over one half
of its income from the sale of malt or alcoholic beverages. (SDCL
23-7-8.1)
* No person may fire or discharge a
weapon or firearm from a vehicle that is moving or at an occupied
structure. (SDCL 22-14-20 and SDCL 22-14-21)
* A firearm with an altered serial
number MAY NOT be possess by any person. (SDCL 22-14-5)
* No person may provide a weapon or
firearm to another person prohibited by law from such possession. (SDCL
22-14-16)
* You do not need a concealed pistol
permit in your own home, your property, your place of business, any
closed and locked compartment of a vehicle, or in a closed container
which will be too large to be effectively concealed from a person's
clothing. (SDCL 22-14-11 and SDCL 22-44-10)
* No person may sell, transfer, give,
loan, furnish, or deliver a firearm or firearm ammunition to any
person under the age of eighteen years if such person knows
or reasonably believes that the minor recipient of the transfer
intended, at the time of transfer, to use the firearm or ammunition
in the commission or attempted commission of a crime of violence as
defined in subdivision 22-1-2(9). (SDCL 23-7-46)
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