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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Dakota Codified Laws: Chapter 22-24 index (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The South Dakota Legislature's official Codified Laws publish SDCL chapter 22-24 under the heading quoted.",
      "body": "The South Dakota Legislature's official Codified Laws publish SDCL chapter 22-24 under the heading quoted.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 22-24 OBSCENITY AND PUBLIC INDECENCY”\n\nNote: Anchor record: legislature's own statute site, state .gov domain.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
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      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 22-24 OBSCENITY AND PUBLIC INDECENCY",
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      "subject": "South Dakota Codified Laws",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 23A-35A-20: Recording a conversation: felony",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Recording a communication or conversation by eavesdropping device without the consent of a sender, receiver or party is a Class 5 felony.",
      "body": "Recording a communication or conversation by eavesdropping device without the consent of a sender, receiver or party is a Class 5 felony.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“a person is guilty of a Class 5 felony who is not: (1) A sender or receiver of a communication who intentionally and by means of an eavesdropping device overhears or records a communication, or aids, authorizes, employs, procures, or permits another to overhear or record, without the consent of either a sender or receiver of the communication; (2) A person present during a conversation or discussion who intentionally and by means of an eavesdropping device overhears or records the conversation or discussion, or aids, authorizes, employs, procures, or permits another to overhear or record, without the consent of a party to the conversation or discussion;”",
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      "evidence_quote": "a person is guilty of a Class 5 felony who is not: (1) A sender or receiver of a communication who intentionally and by means of an eavesdropping device overhears or records a communication, or aids, authorizes, employs, procures, or permits another to overhear or record, without the consent of either a sender or receiver of the communication; (2) A person present during a conversation or discussion who intentionally and by means of an eavesdropping device overhears or records the conversation or discussion, or aids, authorizes, employs, procures, or permits another to overhear or record, without the consent of a party to the conversation or discussion;",
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