Form and contents of permit, enhanced permit, and gold card permit

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SD Code › Title 23 › Chapter 7 › Section 23-7-8.1

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The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the permit to carry a concealed pistol, the form of the enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol, and the form of the gold card permit to carry a concealed pistol pursuant to § 23-7-8 . Each permit shall list the applicant's name, address, the expiration date, and the issuance date of the permit. The enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol shall clearly designate that the permit is enhanced and the gold card permit shall clearly designate that it is a gold card permit to carry a concealed pistol. Nothing in this section prevents any law enforcement officer, Department of Corrections employee, parole agent, security guard employed on the premises, or any other public official, with the written permission of the sheriff, from carrying a concealed weapon in the performance of that person's duties.

Source: SL 1985, ch 190, § 11; SL 1989, ch 210, § 3; SL 2009, ch 114, § 2; SL 2015, ch 137, § 10; SL 2016, ch 122, § 2; SL 2016, ch 132, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; SL 2019, ch 113, § 11.

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