S.D. Codified Laws § 10-50-6 (2026) – Stamped cigarettes not subject to further tax--Person in possession of unstamped cigarettes liable for tax and penalty.

Any cigarette on which a tax has been paid, the payment being evidenced by the affixing of the stamp, is not subject to a further tax under this chapter. However, any person, who possesses two thousand or more cigarettes that do not bear a tax stamp indicating that the South Dakota cigarette tax has been paid, shall pay the tax imposed pursuant to § 10-50-3 plus a penalty equal to ten percent of the total tax due.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.3905; SL 1949, ch 422 , § 1; SL 1951, ch 452 , § 3; SL 1955, ch 416 ; SL 1959, ch 442 , § 1; SL 1963, ch 446 , § 1; SL 1965, ch 293 , § 1; SL 2000, ch 64 , § 1; SL 2007, ch 66 , § 3.