South Dakota § 22-14A-20 - Placement of explosive or device as to endanger human life or safety--Felony.
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§ 22-14A-20. Placement of explosive or device as to endanger human life or safety--Felony.
Any person who takes into, upon, under, against, or near to any occupied or unoccupied structure, motor vehicle, street, highway, railway, bridge, dam, dike, or other structure, any explosive or destructive device, with intent to destroy or injure such structure, under circumstances that if such intent were accomplished, human life or safety would be endangered thereby, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that no damage is done.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1603; SDCL, § 22-34-24; SL 1972, ch 140, § 17; SL 1976, ch 158, § 14A-12; SL 2005, ch 120, § 277.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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