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South Dakota
In South Dakota, all aspects of the sex trade —whether selling sex, buying sex, promoting it, or profiting from it—are completely illegal. South Dakota has distinct laws for purchasing sexual services (hiring for sexual activity) and selling sexual services (prostitution). A person who is convicted of, or has pled guilty to, one or more violations of “hiring for sexual activity” in the previous ten years is guilty of a Class 6 felony. South Dakota has a trafficking-specific law for criminal record relief, but it only applies to survivors who were minors at the time of their arrests.
Prostitution laws of
South Dakota
- Section 22-23-1 - Prostitution--Misdemeanor.
- Section 22-23-1.1 - Sexual activity defined.
- Section 22-23-1.2 - Affirmative defense of compulsion.
- Section 22-23-2 - Promoting prostitution--Felony.
- Section 22-23-8 - Pimping—Permitting prostitution on premises--Felony.
- Section 22-23-9 - Hiring for sexual activity--Misdemeanor or felony.
- Section 22-23-1 - Prostitution--Misdemeanor.
- Section 22-23-1.1 - Sexual activity defined.
- Section 22-23-1.2 - Affirmative defense of compulsion.
- Section 22-23-2 - Promoting prostitution--Felony.
- Section 22-23-8 - Pimping—Permitting prostitution on premises--Felony.
- Section 22-23-9 - Hiring for sexual activity--Misdemeanor or felony.
Trafficking laws of
South Dakota
- Section 22-49-1 - Human trafficking prohibited.
- Section 22-49-2 - First degree human trafficking--Felony--Attempt against minor.
- Section 22-49-3 - Second degree human trafficking--Felony.
- Section 22-49-4 - Hiring person forced to engage in sexual activity--Felony.
- Section 22-49-5 - Torture of a human trafficking victim--Felony.
- Section 22-49-6 - Definition of terms--Torture.
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