A person is guilty of theft if the person obtains property of another by threatening to:
- (1) Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any criminal offense;
- (2) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense;
- (3) Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to impair any person's credit or business repute;
- (4) Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action;
- (5) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act;
- (6) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
- (7) Inflict any other harm which would not benefit the person making the threat.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.3901, 13.3902, 13.3907; SDCL, §§ 22-31-1, 22-31-2, 22-31-5; SL 1976, ch 158 , § 30A-10; SL 2005, ch 120 , § 53.