Section 22-21-1 - Trespassing with intent to eavesdrop--Installation or use of unauthorizedeavesdropping device.
22-21-1. Trespassing with intent to eavesdrop--Installation or use of unauthorized eavesdropping device. Any person who, except as authorized by law:
(1) Trespasses on property with intent to subject anyone to eavesdropping or other surveillance in a private place; or
(2) Installs in any private place, without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy there, any device for observing, photographing, recording, amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events in such place, or uses any such unauthorized installation;
is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Subdivision (2) shall not apply to law enforcement officers, or to those acting under their direction, while engaged in the performance of their lawful duties.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1425; SL 1976, ch 158, § 21-1; SL 1977, ch 189, § 49.