The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Dakota (every municipality) · South Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- S.D. Codified Laws title 9, ch. 9-19 (Ordinances and Resolutions)
- Issued
- 2026-09-29 Sept. 29, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-29)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 29, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- persons generally and specified businesses within the municipality, as each ordinance provides
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: South Dakota DUT-SD
Operative words
The municipality may seek injunctive relief and establish penalties for violations of ordinances and resolutions, not exceeding those specified in subdivision 22-6-2(2).... In a prosecution for the violation of any municipal ordinance or resolution that authorizes a criminal penalty, the proceedings are governed by the procedures set forth in title 23A.
Penalty
Up to thirty days in county jail or $500 fine, or both, per violation (22-6-2(2), Ex. DUT-SD-007); each day a separate offense under the city ordinances (Ex. SD-039, SD-063, SD-068)
What it required
Municipal ordinances, including the Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Brookings COVID-19 closure, capacity, spacing and employee-mask ordinances (Ex. SD-039, SD-063, SD-064, SD-068, SD-070, SD-092), carry criminal penalties up to thirty days and $500 per violation, prosecuted under the criminal code, with injunctive relief available to the city.
Retrieval noteGrade is verified_primary for the current text; Rapid City Municipal Code § 1.12.010; Brookings Municipal Code § 1.08) as the State file records them.