Section 41-8-17.1 - Spotlighting prohibited--Times--Exceptions--Violation a misdemeanor. - South Dakota Statutes

41-8-17.1. Spotlighting prohibited--Times--Exceptions--Violation a misdemeanor. Except as provided for by the provisions of § 41-8-17, between 10 p.m. and sunrise, from September first to January thirty-first, inclusive, no person may cast the rays of a spotlight or other artificial light except headlights in any field, pasture, woodland, forest, or prairie to spot, locate, take, or attempt to take any wild animal except to take raccoons under the provisions of § 41-8-17. It is not a violation of this section for a landowner or occupant and one guest to use a spotlight or other artificial light on the owner's or occupant's land, or for any person employed by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to use night vision equipment or artificial lights while in the performance of the person's duty. Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 2003, ch 223, § 1; SL 2005, ch 225, § 1.