If any person is convicted of a sex crime as defined in § 22-24B-1 that is subject to sex offender registration requirements as defined in §§ 22-24B-2 to 22-24B-14, inclusive, the prosecuting attorney shall prepare a summary description of the offense and forward this to the Division of Criminal Investigation for inclusion on the sex offender registry.

Any person who, on July 1, 2006, is subject to sex offender registration or is subject to sex offender registration as a result of a foreign criminal conviction, may have a summary description of the offense developed by the Division of Criminal Investigation and entered on the registry, if the information is available.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 22-24B-29

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

The term, foreign criminal conviction, as used in this section and § 22-24B-31, means any conviction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state, federal court, Indian tribe, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States which is enforceable as if the order was issued by a court in this state.

Nothing in this section allows the release of the name of the victim of the crime to any person other than law enforcement agencies, and the name of the victim is confidential.

Source: SL 2006, ch 121, § 9.