Any cannabis, cannabis product, cannabis paraphernalia, or other interest in or right to property that is possessed, owned, or used in connection with the medical use of cannabis as allowed under this chapter, or acts incidental to such use, may not be seized or forfeited. This chapter does not prevent the seizure or forfeiture of cannabis exceeding the amount allowed under this chapter, or prevent seizure or forfeiture if the basis for the action is unrelated to the cannabis that is possessed, manufactured, transferred, or used in accordance with this chapter.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20G-13

  • Medical use: includes the acquisition, administration, cultivation, manufacture, delivery, harvest, possession, preparation, transfer, transportation, or use of cannabis or paraphernalia relating to the administration of cannabis to treat or alleviate a registered qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition or symptom associated with the patient's debilitating medical condition. See South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20G-1
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: Initiated Measure No. 26, approved Nov. 3, 2020, eff. Jul. 1, 2021.