Sources: South Dakota (SD)
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Research, not advice. Part of the Bitcoin research archive (October 2026). Claims labelled unverified, contested or fringe are reported, not endorsed; statuses of bills and rules are as of the date checked. Government, court and patent records are public domain; the research notes are CC BY 4.0.
Sources: South Dakota (SD)
Full copies of government documents (statutes, enrolled bills, regulator guidance, regulator press releases) and court records about Bitcoin and virtual-currency law in South Dakota, saved for legislation/us-state-sd.md. All files were retrieved on 2026-10-09 by the N–Z state-law research pass. No copyrighted news articles are stored here — those are summarized with links in the legislation note.
| File | Title | Issuer / author | Document date | URL | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sd-banking-guidance-11-002-virtual-currency-transmission.pdf |
Memorandum 11-002 — Virtual Currency Transmission in South Dakota | South Dakota Division of Banking (Director Bret Afdahl) | 2019-05-25 | https://dlr.sd.gov/banking/legal/documents/11_002_virtual_currency_transmission_in_sd.pdf | 2026-10-09 |
sd-cl-51a-17-money-transmission.html |
SDCL chapter 51A-17 — Money Transmission (index, current) | South Dakota Legislature | current as of 2026-10-09 | https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/51A-17.html | 2026-10-09 |
sd-2026-sb98-virtual-currency-kiosk-fraud-enrolled.pdf |
SB 98 (2026) — An Act to prevent virtual currency kiosk fraud, enrolled | South Dakota Legislature | enrolled 2026-03-04 | https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/306051.pdf | 2026-10-09 |
Statuses and effective dates are as stated in the documents or on the official bill pages on 2026-10-09; see the legislation note for later events and gaps.