Any person selling, secreting, or disposing of property covered by a threshing, harvesting, hulling, or other processing lien under the provisions of §§ 38-17-14 to 38-17-17, inclusive, without the written consent of the owner of said lien, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 2 misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $500
For details, see § 22-6-2

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 38-17-18

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1889, ch 88, § 6; RCCivP 1903, § 742; RC 1919, § 1688; SDC 1939, § 39.9904; SL 1977, ch 190, § 318.