South Dakota § 22-45-6 - Failure to keep necessary records upon which claim is based--Violation a misdemeanor.
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§ 22-45-6. Failure to keep necessary records upon which claim is based--Violation a misdemeanor.
A person commits an offense if he:
(1) Having submitted a claim for or received payment for a good or a service under the program, intentionally fails to maintain such records as are necessary to disclose fully the nature of all a good or a service for which a claim was submitted or payment was received, or such records as are necessary to disclose fully all income and expenditures upon which rates of payment were based, for a period of at least six years following the date on which payment was received; or
(2) Knowingly destroys such records within six years from the date payment was received.
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1986, ch 187, § 6.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-45-6 ("Failure to keep necessary records upon which claim is based--Violation a misdemeanor.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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