No landlord may prohibit by lease or otherwise the keeping of a service animal by a person who is totally or partially physically disabled, totally or partially blind, or totally or partially deaf in an apartment or other rented or leased residential property. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDCL, § 20-13-23.2 as added by SL 1980, ch 172 , § 1; SL 1994, ch 160 , § 4; SL 1995, ch 118 , § 2.