In addition to any license required under § 34-37-2, for any sales to out-of-state residents, a retailer licensee may obtain:

(1) An early season license to operate from May first to June twenty-sixth, with a required fee of one thousand dollars; or

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 1 misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $2,00
For details, see § 22-6-2

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-37-2.2

  • Retailer licensee: includes any person licensed under this chapter to engage in the business of making sales of fireworks at retail. See South Dakota Codified Laws 34-37-1

(2) A late season license to operate from July sixth to August thirty-first, and from December twenty-eighth to January first, with a required fee of one thousand dollars.

A retailer licensee with a license issued under this section that is located west of the Missouri River shall provide any consumer with a copy of any law that prohibits the use of fireworks and a map of the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District with any sale of fireworks, other than any sale occurring from June twenty-seventh to July fifth. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1983, ch 259, § 2; SL 1985, ch 282, § 1; SL 1986, ch 27, § 32; SL 2011, ch 162, § 1; SL 2019, ch 154, § 4, eff. Mar. 20, 2019.