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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Dakota Codified Laws: Chapter 22-19A index (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The South Dakota Legislature's official Codified Laws publish SDCL chapter 22-19A under the heading quoted.",
      "body": "The South Dakota Legislature's official Codified Laws publish SDCL chapter 22-19A under the heading quoted.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 22-19A STALKING 22-19A-1 Stalking--Violation as misdemeanor--Second or subsequent offense a felony.”\n\nNote: Anchor record: legislature's own statute site, state .gov domain.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-19A",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 22-19A STALKING 22-19A-1 Stalking--Violation as misdemeanor--Second or subsequent offense a felony.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "South Dakota Codified Laws",
      "topic": "Chapter 22-19A index (anchor)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
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        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap",
          "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-sd"
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    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_nc1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-21-4: Sexual images shared without consent",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Disclosing, disseminating, distributing or selling a nude or sexual-act photo or recording made without the depicted person's consent or knowledge, with intent to harass, embarrass or harm, is a Class 1 misdemeanor.",
      "body": "Disclosing, disseminating, distributing or selling a nude or sexual-act photo or recording made without the depicted person's consent or knowledge, with intent to harass, embarrass or harm, is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“(2) Intentionally disclose, disseminate, distribute, sell, or use, by any means, any recording or photograph described in subdivision (1);”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/22-21-4.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "(2) Intentionally disclose, disseminate, distribute, sell, or use, by any means, any recording or photograph described in subdivision (1);",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL 22-21-4",
      "topic": "Sexual images shared without consent",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
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        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_nc_intent",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-21-4: Intent element",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The offence requires intent to self-gratify or to alarm, annoy, embarrass, harass, invade the privacy of, threaten, or cause emotional, financial, physical, psychological or reputational harm.",
      "body": "The offence requires intent to self-gratify or to alarm, annoy, embarrass, harass, invade the privacy of, threaten, or cause emotional, financial, physical, psychological or reputational harm.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“No individual, without the consent or knowledge of the individual depicted or recorded, and with the intent to self-gratify or alarm, annoy, embarrass, harass, invade the privacy of, threaten, or cause emotional, financial, physical, psychological, or reputational harm to that individual, may:”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/22-21-4.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "No individual, without the consent or knowledge of the individual depicted or recorded, and with the intent to self-gratify or alarm, annoy, embarrass, harass, invade the privacy of, threaten, or cause emotional, financial, physical, psychological, or reputational harm to that individual, may:",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "SDCL 22-21-4",
      "topic": "Intent element",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
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        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-21-4: Digitally fabricated sexual or nude depiction",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Knowingly creating, disclosing, distributing or selling digitally fabricated material depicting an identifiable individual nude or in sexual contact, with the same intent, is a Class 5 felony (SL 2026, ch 104).",
      "body": "Knowingly creating, disclosing, distributing or selling digitally fabricated material depicting an identifiable individual nude or in sexual contact, with the same intent, is a Class 5 felony (SL 2026, ch 104).\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“(3) Knowingly and intentionally create, disclose, disseminate, distribute, or sell, by any means, digitally fabricated material depicting the identifiable individual: (a) In a state of nudity, as defined in § 22-24A-2 , such that an ordinary person viewing the material would conclude that the depiction is of the identifiable individual in such a state of nudity; or (b) Engaging in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, deviant sexual activity, or sexually explicit conduct such that an ordinary person viewing the material would conclude that the depiction is of the identifiable individual engaging in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, deviant sexual activity, or sexually explicit conduct.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/22-21-4.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "(3) Knowingly and intentionally create, disclose, disseminate, distribute, or sell, by any means, digitally fabricated material depicting the identifiable individual: (a) In a state of nudity, as defined in § 22-24A-2 , such that an ordinary person viewing the material would conclude that the depiction is of the identifiable individual in such a state of nudity; or (b) Engaging in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, deviant sexual activity, or sexually explicit conduct such that an ordinary person viewing the material would conclude that the depiction is of the identifiable individual engaging in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, deviant sexual activity, or sexually explicit conduct.",
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      "subject": "SDCL 22-21-4",
      "topic": "Digitally fabricated sexual or nude depiction",
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      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
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        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-21-4.1: Definition: digitally fabricated material",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 'Digitally fabricated material' is a visual depiction that appears authentic and is adapted, generated or modified to falsely depict an individual's appearance, conduct or voice; 'identifiable' means recognizable by face, likeness or other distinguishing characteristics.",
      "body": "'Digitally fabricated material' is a visual depiction that appears authentic and is adapted, generated or modified to falsely depict an individual's appearance, conduct or voice; 'identifiable' means recognizable by face, likeness or other distinguishing characteristics.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“(1) \"Digitally fabricated material,\" an image, photograph, video, or other visual depiction that: (a) Appears to an ordinary person to be an authentic depiction of an identifiable individual; and (b) Is adapted, generated, or modified to falsely depict an individual's appearance, conduct, or voice; and (2) \"Identifiable,\" recognizable as a specific individual by the individual's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristics.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/22-21-4.1.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "(1) \"Digitally fabricated material,\" an image, photograph, video, or other visual depiction that: (a) Appears to an ordinary person to be an authentic depiction of an identifiable individual; and (b) Is adapted, generated, or modified to falsely depict an individual's appearance, conduct, or voice; and (2) \"Identifiable,\" recognizable as a specific individual by the individual's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristics.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL 22-21-4.1",
      "topic": "Definition: digitally fabricated material",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
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        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
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        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
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        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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          "thin_body",
          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-21-5: Platform immunity",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 22-21-4 does not impose liability on providers of electronic communication, information, mobile, telecommunication, interactive computer or cable services.",
      "body": "Section 22-21-4 does not impose liability on providers of electronic communication, information, mobile, telecommunication, interactive computer or cable services.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“Nothing in § 22-21-4 shall be construed to impose liability on a provider of an electronic communication service, an information service, a mobile service, including a commercial mobile service, a telecommunication service, an interactive computer service, or a cable service as those terms are defined under federal law.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-21-5",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "Nothing in § 22-21-4 shall be construed to impose liability on a provider of an electronic communication service, an information service, a mobile service, including a commercial mobile service, a telecommunication service, an interactive computer service, or a cable service as those terms are defined under federal law.",
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      "subject": "SDCL 22-21-5",
      "topic": "Platform immunity",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
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      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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          "thin_body",
          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-19A-1: Stalking by electronic communication",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Willfully, maliciously and repeatedly harassing another by electronic or digital communication is stalking.",
      "body": "Willfully, maliciously and repeatedly harassing another by electronic or digital communication is stalking.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“(3) Willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly harass another person by means of any verbal, electronic, digital media, mechanical, telegraphic, or written communication.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/22-19A-1.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "(3) Willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly harass another person by means of any verbal, electronic, digital media, mechanical, telegraphic, or written communication.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL 22-19A-1",
      "topic": "Stalking by electronic communication",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "thin_body",
          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
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      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_stalk_pen",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-19A-1: Stalking penalty",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Stalking is a Class 1 misdemeanor; a second or subsequent conviction within ten years is a Class 6 felony.",
      "body": "Stalking is a Class 1 misdemeanor; a second or subsequent conviction within ten years is a Class 6 felony.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“Stalking is a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any second or subsequent conviction occurring within ten years of a prior conviction under this section is a Class 6 felony.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/22-19A-1.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "Stalking is a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any second or subsequent conviction occurring within ten years of a prior conviction under this section is a Class 6 felony.",
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      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL 22-19A-1",
      "topic": "Stalking penalty",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "thin_body",
          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
        ],
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      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_harass",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-19A-4: Harasses defined",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 'Harasses' means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or harasses the person and serves no legitimate purpose.",
      "body": "'Harasses' means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or harasses the person and serves no legitimate purpose.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“harasses means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or harasses the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-19A-4",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "harasses means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or harasses the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL 22-19A-4",
      "topic": "Harasses defined",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
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      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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          "thin_body",
          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
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      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_eaves",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 23A-35A-20: Secret audio recording",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Recording a conversation by eavesdropping device without the consent of a party is a Class 5 felony.",
      "body": "Recording a conversation by eavesdropping device without the consent of a party is a Class 5 felony.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“(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;”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/23A-35A-20.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "(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;",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL 23A-35A-20",
      "topic": "Secret audio recording",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "hollow_body",
          "strong_label_on_weak_content"
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      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_hidden",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 22-21-1: Hidden devices in a private place",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Installing a device to observe, photograph or record in a private place without the consent of the persons entitled to privacy there is a Class 1 misdemeanor.",
      "body": "Installing a device to observe, photograph or record in a private place without the consent of the persons entitled to privacy there is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“(2) Install in any private place, without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy there, any device for observing, photographing, recording, amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events in such place, or uses any such unauthorized installation.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/22-21-1.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "(2) Install in any private place, without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy there, any device for observing, photographing, recording, amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events in such place, or uses any such unauthorized installation.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL 22-21-1",
      "topic": "Hidden devices in a private place",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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          "hollow_body",
          "strong_label_on_weak_content"
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      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_civil",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL ch. 22-21: Civil remedy for sharing intimate images",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Chapter 22-21 (Invasions of Privacy) has no civil cause of action or damages section for sharing intimate images; it lists only criminal sections and a provider-immunity section.",
      "body": "Chapter 22-21 (Invasions of Privacy) has no civil cause of action or damages section for sharing intimate images; it lists only criminal sections and a provider-immunity section.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“22-21-4 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Penalty. 22-21-4.1 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Definitions. 22-21-5 Service providers not liable.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Read the full chapter 22-21 index. A civil claim under common-law privacy torts may exist but is not in the Codified Laws and was not sourced.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-21",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "22-21-4 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Penalty. 22-21-4.1 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Definitions. 22-21-5 Service providers not liable.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL ch. 22-21",
      "topic": "Civil remedy for sharing intimate images",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap",
          "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-sd"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_427_south_dakota_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_publicity",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL ch. 22-21: Statutory right of publicity",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] No right-of-publicity or likeness-appropriation statute appears in the privacy chapter.",
      "body": "No right-of-publicity or likeness-appropriation statute appears in the privacy chapter.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“22-21-1 Eavesdropping--Privacy--Misdemeanor. 22-21-2 22-21-2 . Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158 , § 21-3 22-21-3 Window peeking on private property of another--Violation as misdemeanor. 22-21-4 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Penalty. 22-21-4.1 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Definitions. 22-21-5 Service providers not liable.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Read the index of chapter 22-21 only; the whole Codified Laws were not searched for a publicity statute. Treat as unverified absence.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-21",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "22-21-1 Eavesdropping--Privacy--Misdemeanor. 22-21-2 22-21-2 . Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158 , § 21-3 22-21-3 Window peeking on private property of another--Violation as misdemeanor. 22-21-4 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Penalty. 22-21-4.1 Prohibited recording or manipulated image--Definitions. 22-21-5 Service providers not liable.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "427-south-dakota-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators",
      "subject": "SDCL ch. 22-21",
      "topic": "Statutory right of publicity",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "SD",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-sd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap",
          "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-sd"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}