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§ 34-20C-5 Persons from whom damages recoverable.

SD Codified L § 34-20C-5 (2019) (N/A)
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34-20C-5. Persons from whom damages recoverable. Any person entitled to bring an action under § 34-20C-4 may seek damages from any of the following:

(1) Any person who knowingly distributed, or knowingly participated in the chain of distribution of, an illegal drug that was actually used by the user;

(2) Any person who knowingly participated in the illegal drug market if:

(a) The place of illegal drug activity by the user is within the illegal drug market target community of the defendant;

(b) The defendant's participation in the illegal drug market was connected with the same type of illegal drug used by the user; and

(c) The defendant participated in the illegal drug market at any time during the user's period of illegal drug use.Source: SL 1997, ch 203, § 6.

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