A person is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the person directly or indirectly uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card or encoded on a chip embedded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 6 felonyup to 2 yearsup to $4,000
For details, see § 22-6-1

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 22-40-12

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 2003, ch 131, § 2; SDCL § 22-30A-8.3; SL 2005, ch 120, § 85; SL 2019, ch 110, § 1.