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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 22 - Crimes » Chapter 33 - Arson » Section 22-33-9.5 – Occupied structure defined.

22-33-9.5. Occupied structure defined.

For the purposes of chapter 22-33, the term, occupied structure, means any structure, vehicle, or place adapted for overnight accommodation of persons, or for carrying on business therein, whether or not a person is actually present. Property is that of another, for the purposes of this section, if anyone other than the actor has a possessory or proprietary interest in the property. If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied units, any unit not occupied by the actor is an occupied structure of another.

Source: SL 2005, ch 120, §90.