//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for South Dakota, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== South Dakota — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 48.3/100** · rank **23 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🔴 restrictive | Indefinite/lifetime by default — the register/re-register duty has no automatic expiration; exit only via the narrow removal petition — **lifetime** | [[https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24B-2|SDCL 22-24B-2]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Court-discretionary petition with a narrow eligible-offense list (Tier I after 5 yrs; Tier II incest/bestiality after 25 yrs); Tier III and any child-under-13 victim excluded — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24B-17|SDCL 22-24B-17; 22-24B-19; 22-24B-19.1]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — risk assessment not used to assign tiers | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Annual verification form mailed; in-person every 6 months | 22-24B-5; 22-24B-7 |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide statutory registration fee — SDCL ch. 22-24B contains no fee provision and the SD DOC registry FAQ lists none (a secondary site's $100/22-24B-22 claim is contradicted: 22-24B-22 is a definitions section) | [[https://docadultlookup.sd.gov/about/faq/sexoffenders.aspx|SDCL ch. 22-24B (no fee provision)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | May not reside within a 500-ft 'community safety zone' of a school, public park/playground/pool, licensed daycare/family daycare, or a domestic-abuse or sexual-assault shelter; applies to all registrants — **500 ft** | [[https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24B-23|SDCL 22-24B-23 (zone defined in 22-24B-22)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide employment restriction — SDCL ch. 22-24B imposes no bar from jobs/locations near minors and no employment-distance restriction | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/south-dakota/|SDCL ch. 22-24B (no employment provision)]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Loitering restriction cited; child-victim safety zone | 22-24B-24 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | Within 3 days ('temporarily domiciled' language) | 22-24B-2 |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — registrants must report online identifiers (SDCL 22-24B-8(13)); not shown on public registry | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/online/|22-24B-8]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None found | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | DCI must post the registry (name, photo, address, offense) on a public Internet site with no tier-based exemption — lowest tier public | [[https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24B-21|SDCL 22-24B-21]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No Halloween/holiday restriction — SDCL ch. 22-24B community-safety-zone cluster (22-24B-22 to 22-24B-28) contains no date/holiday, costume, or trick-or-treat provision | [[https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24B-24|SDCL ch. 22-24B (no holiday provision)]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — South Dakota does not brand or label the driver's license or state ID of registrants (SDCL ch. 22-24B has no marking provision) | [[https://probationinfo.org/sor/id/|SDCL ch. 22-24B (no marking provision)]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟢 favorable | Passive public website only — DCI posts registry info on an internet site (sor.sd.gov); no statutory door-to-door/flyer/newspaper active notification and no registrant-paid notification | [[https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24B-21|SDCL 22-24B-21]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age exception (reduced to misdemeanor if victim is at least 13 and actor is less than 5 years older) | [[https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-22-7|SDCL 22-22-7]] ✓ |

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//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//