S.D. Codified Laws § 58-33-7

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 58-33-7 - Defamation as misdemeanor

No person shall make, publish, disseminate, or circulate, directly or indirectly, or aid, abet, or encourage the making, publishing, disseminating, or circulating of any oral or written statement or any pamphlet, circular, article, or literature which is false, or maliciously critical of or derogatory to the financial condition of an insurer, or of an organization proposing to become an insurer, and which is calculated to injure any person engaged or proposing to engage in the business of insurance. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

SDCL 58-33-7

SL 1966, ch 111, ch 13, § 8; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2.