SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION LISTING 

Statement of Intent   

The City of Canistota believes it is important to provide its citizens with information crucial to protecting themselves and others.  State law [SDCL § 22-22-31] requires that any person who has been convicted of a sex crime or of felony sexual contact, must register with local law enforcement within ten days of moving to a county.  Registration records and lists collected by local law enforcement agencies are public records.  [SDCL § 22-22-40]

Victim Confidentiality

State law also protects the identity of any victim.  Therefore, no information regarding the victim is recorded on the Sex Offender Registry.  The information is also available at the Division of Criminal Investigation as all local law enforcement authorities are required to report this information to the Division of Criminal Investigation.

Protection of Registrants

State law provides that any person who commits any crime as a result of information gained through the sex offender registry or through public information kept pursuant to SDCL § 22-22-40 is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Such liability is in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties.  [SDCL §22-22-41]  This means that anyone who uses information from the Sex Offender Registry to harass, intimidate, threaten, or damage property of anyone on the Registry may be convicted of a felony punishable by 2 years in the state penitentiary or a $2,000.00 fine or both.  

Removals from the Registry

There are two circumstances wherein individuals may be removed from the Sex Offender Registry.  The first circumstance involves a person who went through court and received a suspended imposition of sentence.  Upon discharge of the individual’s case pursuant to SDCL § 23A-27-14, the individual shall forward a certified copy of such formal discharge by certified mail to the Division of Criminal Investigation and to local law enforcement where the person is then registered. Upon receipt of such notice, the person shall be removed from the sex offender registry open to public inspection and shall be relieved of further registration requirements under this section. 

The second circumstance involves a juvenile offender who was placed on the sex offender registry may petition the circuit court for removal from the registry upon a showing that the person has not been adjudicated or convicted of any sex offense for at least ten years and no longer constitutes a threat to reoffend.

Disclaimer

All persons listed on this website as sex offenders have been convicted of crimes requiring their registration on a sex offenders registry.  The registry's website makes no determination of registrants dangerousness.

This site is updated monthly, for the most accurate listing the local law enforcement office should be checked. 

South Dakota Codified Laws applicable to Sex Offender Registration

22-22-30 Sex crimes defined 

22-22-31 Registration of convicted sex offenders

22-22-32 Information required for registration of convicted sex offenders

22-22-33 Registration forwarded to Division of Criminal Investigation

22-22-34 Availability of sex offenders' files

22-22-35 Repealed 

22-22-36 Written notice of new address required

22-22-37 Annual registration of sex offender required

22-22-38 Duty of institutions to inform sex offenders of registration requirements

22-22-39 Duty of court to inform sex offenders of registration requirements

22-22-40 Registration records and lists as public records

22-22-41 Penalties for crime committed as result of information from sex offender registry

1-27 Public Records 

22-22-1 Rape Defined

22-22-7.1 Sexual Contact Defined