Section 34-46-2.1 - Merchant may detain minor who purchases, attempts to purchase or consumestobacco product--Conditions. - South Dakota Statutes

34-46-2.1. Merchant may detain minor who purchases, attempts to purchase or consumes tobacco product--Conditions. Any merchant who has reasonable grounds to believe that a minor has illegally purchased, attempted to purchase, possess, or consume a tobacco product, in violation of § 34-46-2, may detain the minor, on the premises of the merchant's establishment, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time:
(1) To request identification;
(2) To verify the identification;
(3) To make reasonable inquiry as to whether the minor has violated § 34-46-2 in any manner;
(4) To inform a law enforcement officer of the detention of the person and surrender that person to the custody of a law enforcement officer; or
(5) To inform a law enforcement officer or the parents, guardian, or other private person interested in the welfare of that minor of this detention and to surrender custody of the minor to that person.

Source: SL 2000, ch 185, § 3.