Any person who confers, or agrees to confer, directly or indirectly, any benefit upon any employee, agent, or fiduciary without the consent of the latter’s employer or principal, with intent to influence the employee’s, agent’s, or fiduciary’s conduct in relation to that person’s employer’s or principal’s affairs, is guilty of commercial bribery. Commercial bribery is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 22-43-1

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

Source: SL 1980, ch 173, § 6; SL 2005, ch 120, § 296.