CHAPTER 122

(SB 70)

Forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol, repealed.

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  repeal the provision requiring a forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section 1.  That § 23-7-9 be amended to read as follows:

     23-7-9.   No federal firearms licensee may deliver a pistol to a person who has purchased a pistol until forty-eight hours have elapsed from the time of the sale of the pistol. A person who has in his or her possession a valid permit to carry a concealed pistol is exempt from the forty- eight hour waiting period. When a pistol is delivered, the pistol shall be securely wrapped and shall be unloaded. A pistol that is securely wrapped and delivered to a purchaser pursuant to this section is not a concealed weapon under § 22-14-9. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

     Signed March 12, 2009

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