South Dakota

SOL vs. perp: +3 years from majority = Age 21
SOL vs. employer: +3 years from majority = Age 21

Majority Tolling: √       Age 18
Discovery Tolling: √    Liberal

Age of Consent: 16

None for most felonies.

2015 Pending Legislation

No pending bills at this time.

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Lawmakers Discuss Child Sex Abuse Cases and the Statute of Limitations, SDPB

http://listen.sdpb.org/post/lawmakers-discuss-child-sex-abuse-cases-and-statute-limitations Lawmakers…

Rapid City, S.D. Journal, Sobering S.D. figures on child sex abuse, The Bismarck Tribune

If recs do not include SOL reform, SD is choosing predators over kids

Are Pedophiles Getting Free Pass in South Dakota?

More sickness in SD. Open courthouses to these victims!

SD panel approves child sex abuse task force

Just a suggestion: repeal the SOL law that made it impossible for the survivors of abuse by priests on Native American reservations to sue

South Dakota Legislature Quashes New Childhood-Sexual-Abuse Bill

South Dakota Legislature Quashes New Childhood-Sexual-Abuse…

A Tale of Two States and Three Survivors: The Legal Obstacles Relating to Syracuse University’s Sex Abuse Scandal by Marci A. Hamilton

As of this writing, three (maybe four) men have come forward…

HB1104 amends SOL so as to short-circuit child-sex-abuse claims by Native American victims against Catholic priests

South Dakota made the highly unusual move of reducing its child sexual abuse SOL so as to short-circuit child-sex-abuse claims by Native American victims against Catholic priests.