40-36-26. Bounty claim as misdemeanor when animal died from natural causes–Animal killed by federal or other agency.
It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to attempt to bounty a skin from an animal that has died from natural causes, or that has been killed by agents or employees of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or any other agency engaged in eradicating predatory animals.
Source: SDC 1939, §25.1002 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 123, §2; SL 1977, ch 190, §540.