{
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  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r6649_south_dakota_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_7918_south_dakota_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_p",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] SDCL 23A-35A-21: Exemptions from the interception chapter",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Court-ordered ex parte wiretaps and normal common-carrier operations are exempt from the chapter.",
      "body": "Court-ordered ex parte wiretaps and normal common-carrier operations are exempt from the chapter.\n\nWhat South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) actually says:\n\n“(1) Wiretapping and eavesdropping pursuant to an ex parte order granted pursuant to § 23A-35A-6 ; (2) The normal use of services, equipment, and facilities provided by a common carrier”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/23A-35A-21.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws)",
      "evidence_quote": "(1) Wiretapping and eavesdropping pursuant to an ex parte order granted pursuant to § 23A-35A-6 ; (2) The normal use of services, equipment, and facilities provided by a common carrier",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "6649-south-dakota-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "SDCL 23A-35A-21",
      "topic": "Exemptions from the interception chapter",
      "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"
      }
    }
  ]
}