Any employee, agent, or fiduciary who, without consent of that person‘s employer or principal, solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit, directly or indirectly, from another person upon an agreement or understanding that such benefit will influence his or her conduct in relation to that person’s employer’s or principal’s affairs, is guilty of receiving a commercial bribe. Receiving a commercial bribe 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 22-43-2

  • 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, § 7; SL 2005, ch 120, § 297.